Automobile security defence alarm system with face identification and wireless communication function

ABSTRACT

An automobile alarm system includes: (1) a face identification and discrimination system, which consists of low-light, visible light, infrared light, and thermo-luminescence camera and/or digital camera device for photograph of inside and outside of automobiles, and face identification and discrimination hardware and software system for testing whether a mask or facial adornments or whether his/her face is directed at the camera; (2) redundancy device and/or redundancy function modules, anti-interference system for communication and anti-destructive detection system; (3) a automobile status recorder, which can record the statuses on the inside and outside of the automobile before, during and after an emergent event picked up by the camera; (4) a multi-functional burglar, anti-destructive and anti-hijacking alarm for automobiles, which can transmit a radio image to a remote equipment for reporting an incident. This invention can also be used for every supervision systems.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to an automobile safety defense and alarmsystem with face identification and radio communication functionsthrough the pictures taken by means of visible light, low-light and/orinfrared, thermo-luminous infrared camera devices and photograph devicesand/or numerical code camera devices, in particular, the presentinvention is related to the following items and their principals andimplementing methods: (1) A face identification system, which can takethe pictures from inside or outside of an automobile with visible light,low-light and/or infrared, thermo-luminous infrared camera devices andphotograph devices and/or numerical code camera devices and can identifywhether or not the driver and other peoples have face masks or faceornaments, whether or not their faces are directed at the camera; (2)Redundant parts and/or redundant functional modules, andanti-interference communication system and anti-destroying detectionsystem, which can strengthen anti-destroying function; (3) An automobilestatus recorder, which will record the information and data of insideand outside the automobile taken or picked up by the camera before andafter a burst event is happened and when the event is happening, andthat recorder and the radio communication system form aradio-communication automobile status recorder of an burst event; (4) Amulti-functional burglar-proof, anti-destroying and anti-hijackingalarming system. Every kind of image and data information picked up bythe radio communication system of the alarming system and the images anddata information in the automobile status recorder, which aretransmitted to a remote monitor and control center for alarming.

Note: Visible light, low-light and/or infrared, thermo-luminous infraredcamera devices and photograph devices and/or numerical code (digital)camera devices in the present specification are hereinafter referred toas photo devices.

Infrared, thermo-luminous infrared photo materials and/or numerical codecamera materials, in which: the principle of infrared photo material isthat an external infrared source lights an object to be shot, and theinfrared photo material captures the infrared lights reflected from theobject. That principle is the same as that of visible light camera. Theprinciple of thermo-luminous infrared photo materials (passive infraredphoto materials) and thermo-luminous electric infrared sensing andmonitoring devices is to capture the lights given out by the objectitself. Those devices also have the name of thermo-imaging photo deviceand can be made by infrared focusing plane array technique or other kindof technique. The thermo-luminous electric infrared sensing andmonitoring device is a single device or multiple plane sensing devicesand not a plane array so that it can be replaced with a thermo-luminouselectric infrared sensing and monitoring device. Both of infrared and/orthermo-luminous infrared photo devices can use a same device ordifferent devices, including infrared focusing plane array device ornon-plane array device made of InGaAs, HgCdTe, PtSi, PtSi, InSb, HgCdTeand GaAlAs/GaAs, GeSi/Si heterogeneous structure and other materials. Atpresent, infrared focusing plane array manufacturers andnon-refrigeration infrared focusing plane array manufacturers includeUSA Honeywell, Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin Corporation and so on.Present general commercial arrays are 1, 2, 2×2, 160×120, 320×240 unitsand so on, in which 1, 2 and 2×2 units can be made to be athermo-luminous electric infrared sensing and monitoring device. Theproducts that can be available in the market are IR FlexCam, IRSnapShotI infrared photo instrument, IR-InSight infrared thermal imaginginstrument and IR-160 made by USA Infrared Solutions, Inc. IR-160 is athermal imaging photo system with high-resolution ratio.

At the same time, the present invention's automobile safety defense andalarm system and its each device, assembles, and sub-systems withdifferent functions, such as the monitoring system in the camera toidentify a criminal suspect with a face mask or face ornaments,automobile status recorder (Black Box) and so on, not only can bemounted on an automobile as its safety defense and alarm system, butalso can be used in any places where there are needed that safetydefense and alarm system or its sub-systems, devices, assembles ormodules, such as bank, building, office, warehouse, home etc as well aseach kind of vehicles, ships, air planes and so on for safety,monitoring and alarming. In addition, they can be used as a safety alarmfor instrument, equipment or other valuables. The <Face IdentificationSystem> that can identify whether or not the driver and other peopleshave face masks or face ornaments, whether or not their faces aredirected at the camera can be used in each kind system for burglaryinsurance, anti-destroying, safety, monitoring, alarming and defenseetc. For example, put it in ATM of a bank, used for a burglar-proof dooror for any suitable and required places.

By means of redundant parts and/or redundant function modules, andanti-destroying sensor, anti-destroying photo device and throughanti-interference radio alarming function, the system's function is thenstrengthened. Using the time difference before the system is destroyedand after the system has been destroyed, each kind of image and datainformation for a burst event are transmitted to a remote monitor andcontrol center for alarming on time.

BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY

The burglar products of automobile were developed through severalgenerations:

1. Main products in the first generation were mechanical locks. Thesecond generation was electronic burglar locks, and their secret codesare transmitted with infrared or radio wave, which was easy to becaptured and transcribed by the criminal suspect. That kind of burglarsystem may be alarmed very loudly when it is impacted, but its alarmingdistance is limited.

The third generation is intelligent burglar products, such as numericalcode burglar lock and fingerprint burglar lock etc. They consist ofmultiple sensors (such as vibration sensor, lock test sensor, signalreceiver and so on), which detect the vehicle status and send theinformation detected continuously to a burglar central processor andthen are processed and judged by special program in the processor. Inthe case that some special conditions are met, then a correspondingprogram will be started to make an alarm through a control device (Forexample, if somebody want to open the car door, generator cover, baggagecabin door, or want to go into the car without key or remote controller,the burglar system will start an alarm program to make sound and flashthe head lamps or steering lamps, and at the same time, the burglarsystem will cut up start circuit or ignition circuit or other interlocksystem for the generator), so as to realize the purpose of guardingagainst theft and robber. Using mobile communication system such as GSMor CDMA network system, no matter where you are, once somebody attemptsto open your car door or start your car, your mobile telephone willimmediately receive an alarm and a telephone call. When you receive thattelephone call, it will be possible for you to monitor your car. Afterconfirming that your car is being stolen by car robber, you canimmediately take measures to guarantee your car, including reporting tothe police. With the electronic technology developing fast, thecar-stealing method is also changed from traditional line breaking tousing high-tech electronic products. That generation products have moreprogress than previous two generations' products, as they are lack ofinitiative for guarding against theft, the owner of the car can notlearn his/her car's status on time.

2. At present, the newest generation is such network vehicle burglarsystem that a radio communication system transmits the images of avehicle taken by a general camera/numerical code camera to thecommunication satellite, then through positioning the vehicle by GPS(Global Positioning System), and finally the information of the vehiclewill be sent to a remote control center for processing. That system willlock or stop the vehicle ignition or start system to achieveburglar-proof goal. At the same time, the alarming information, theposition of the vehicle that has made an alarm and the driver's picturecan be transmitted to the alarm center through the Global PositioningSystem. GPS burglar device has many functions. It can not only make areal time monitoring to a vehicle's position, but also can hear thesound from the vehicle through the vehicle mobile telephone, take thepictures for driving through the camera, and can close the vehicle oilway and turn off electrical circuit and lock all the doors and windowsthrough mobile telephone if necessary. The remote alarm center canconfirm the vehicle's position precisely in two minutes.

Those products have outstanding results in guarding against thefts.Their shortcomings are as follows:

(1) If the criminal suspect firstly destroys some parts in the safetydefense and alarm system and/or functional modules, or if the partsand/or functional modules are damaged by themselves, for example, theantenna or some modules are damaged, as there are no redundant partsand/or redundant function modules, it is possible to lost the images andinformation that are being transmitted to the remote control center. Theremote monitoring persons may not know the criminal suspect's facialfeatures, which will cause difficult for solving the case and capturingthe criminal suspect.

(2) If a criminal suspect who knows the secret code of the burglar lockor has a key for that car, the alarm system may consider he/she is alegal driver and may not send an alarm, which will result in such casethat the owner doesn't know his/her car was stolen yet.

(3) If a driver is hijacked, because the driver is a legal one who isdriving right now, so the car may not be in alarming status, or there isno time for some legal driver to put the alarm button down while theyare being robbed, then the safety defense and alarm system may not sendan alarm information, so its burglar-proof function will be loweredgreatly.

(4) At present, the face identification software doesn't have thefunctions to confirm whether or not the driver and other peoples havefacemasks or face ornaments, whether or not their faces are directed atthe camera so that the face identification system can't make a correctidentification. In the case a criminal suspect wears a facemask, avisible light camera can not identify the criminal suspect. For thatreason, the face identification software can not be used in theautomobile burglar system and can't protect the driver's private matterfrom letting out.

(5) At present, in general, the driver identification system in anautomobile safety defense and alarm system and/or automobile burglardevice uses vehicle door and electric ignition switch lock, electronicsecret code lock, electronic interlock or fingerprint identificationlock or other electronic and mechanical locks. A premise for thefingerprint identification lock is that the driver's fingers must beclear, otherwise, the fingerprint identification lock can't identify thedriver's fingerprint so that the car could not continue to run.

(6) At present, the automobile safety defense and alarm system recordsonly the matters that the burst event is being happened and after theburst event has happened. Therefore, it is not possible to know what washappened before.

(7) At present, the black box for vehicle use records only the operationof each mechanical part but real road condition when an event ishappened. In the case that a vehicle is burned or exploded, the data inthe black box may be disappeared, so we may not have the information forthe burst event.

(8) At present, only the contents on the vehicle instrument board aredisplayed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

(1) The present invention provides a dynamic monitoring method to thematters in a vehicle by means of thermo-luminous electrical infraredsensing and monitoring devices, and/or camera materials, and othergeneral burglar devices. When a person has gone or intents to go into avehicle, the camera devices inside and outside the car will be startedto take images, which will be sent to a remote control unit through aradio communication system for alarming, and at the same time, by meansof computer identification method, such as biological identificationmethod (face identification technique, iris identification, retinaidentification, fingerprint identification, voice recognition,identification of the shape of a mouth, and handwriting identification,etc) and/or secret codes, that person is verified.

In the case a criminal suspect opens the door with a key and goes intothe car, it is also impossible to run the car. The police can capturethe criminal suspect according to the images. Computer faceidentification can confirm whether or not the driver is a legal driver,otherwise, the alarm system will send information for a requirement toverify whether or not the driver is a legal driver (for example, aconfirmation lamp will be flashed). If the confirmation is negative,that driver will be considered to be a robber, whose images and otherinformation inside and outside the car will be sent to the remotecontrol center. If other functions of GPS can be used at the same time,it will be easier to help police capture the criminal suspect. Inaddition, that automobile alarm system has a function to stop thecriminal suspect.

In the case a driver who is a legal one has gone into a driver's cab,through computer face identification, the driver is confirmed to be alegal driver whose face characteristics are in conformity with those inthe computer, then the driver's images will not be sent to the remotecontrol center, which may reduce operation load of the center andprotect legal driver's private matter from letting out.

(2) Using redundant parts and/or redundant functional modules, if apartial redundant parts and/or redundant functional modules are broken,there is an alarming function in the alarm system. Even though all theredundant parts and/or redundant functional modules are broken, by meansof the time difference between before and after each part is broken, theimages and each kind of information will be sent to the remote controlcenter through radio transmission, so that alarm function is stillremained. Because redundant parts and/or redundant function modules, andanti-destroying sensor, anti-destroying photo device are used in thealarm system, if a criminal suspect intents to destroy a partial devicesand/or modules, for example, an antenna in the machine chamber at thevehicle head, the sensors in the chamber will sense that cover openingaction and start the anti-destroying photo device to capture thedestroyer's image at the first time, and an alarm will be made outthrough redundant antenna and/or modules, which strengthensburglar-proof, anti-destroying and anti-hijacking functions of theautomobile safety defense and alarm system.

(3) An automobile status recorder for burst events (Black Box forAutomobile Use) can cyclically register and record the images and datainformation inside and outside the automobile picked up by the cameradevice when and after the burst event has happened. Therefore, theautomobile alarm system can record overall process of that burst event,including the matters in the car and real conditions of the road. Asthere is a preventive cover covering the black box and a standby powersource, therefore there is a short time from the beginning of a troubleto the time the data in the black box are disappeared, in that shorttime those data can be transmitted by the radio communication system tothe control center.

(4) The anti-destroying camera devices and alarm sensors mount under thechassis, in the lamp covers and in the car can effectively protect thevehicles from destroying and capture the destroyer's images, and then analarm will be made out through redundant antenna and/or modules, whichalso strengthens burglar-proof, anti-destroying and anti-hijackingfunctions of the automobile safety defense and alarm system.

(5) Because the infrared, thermo-luminous infrared camera and/ornumerical code camera has a certain penetrability to the textile orfabric, so infrared, thermo-luminous infrared camera and/or numericalcode camera can take pictures of the criminal suspect and find outwhether or not he/she wears a mask if his/her mask can be penetratedwith the infrared. If the criminal suspect wears a mask that can't bepenetrated with the infrared, his/her mask will be found out and analarm will be sent out immediately.

(6) Using the present invention's information display system thatconsists of the camera devices and display devices of the presentinvention. Using the forward looking, back looking and side-lookingsystem that consists of camera devices and head up display and/or themulti-functional head up display system that can display multiplemessages.

(7) A radio communication monitoring and controlling system can avoidcommunication interrupt resulted from man-made influence, so as tostrengthen burglarproof function.

(8) Existing GPS automobile burglar system continues to send theposition information of a vehicle to the monitoring and controllingcenter, so it can not protect the driver's private matter from lettingout. The present invention's automobile safety defense and alarm systemwill sent information about that vehicle to the remote control centeronly when a burst event is happened, which may reduce operation load ofthe center and protect legal driver's private matter from letting out.

The present invention is an automobile alarm device. This device usessingle or multiple camera devices mount in the automobile car to takethe criminal suspects' images and then transmit those images and alarminformation to a monitoring and controlling center or to a monitor/theowner of the vehicle through a radio communication system. It ispossible to mount a face identification software in the CPU of the alarmsystem to verify whether or not the driver is a legal driver whoseinformation has been recorded in the alarm system, otherwise, the alarmsystem will start the alarm and/or burglar equipment.

The present invention can take the images with monitoring camera devicesand/or numerical code camera and send them to a remote monitoring andcontrolling center through a radio communication system for alarming. Inaddition, the present invention can identify whether or not the personin the driver's cab is a legal driver. The present invention can createa whole automobile safety defense and alarm system of its own, or acomprehensive system with other existing burglar products, such as thefirst, second and third generation burglar products, and/or GPSautomobile burglar system, or the present invention's automobile burglarsystem is connected with each kind of electronic devices in the vehicleto form a multi-functional automobile electronic system that willinclude burglar alarm, electronic control and entertainment functions.For example, connection of the radio communication module with themonitor can watch TV transmitted by Radio Network and sign on Internetwhen the vehicle is running. If connecting the head up display to thecamera devices with forward and backward directions inside and outside avehicle, it may be used as a head up display for forward-going orbacking use, or a CPU module in an alarm device, or a functional sensorfor each kind of automobiles, such as speed sensor, oil weight sensorand so on, so as to have multiple functions of automobile electronicautomatic control.

The present invention can be equipped with single kind or multiple kindsof burglar sensors, which may be initiative burglar sensors or passiveburglar sensors; for example, initiative burglar sensors can beelectronic burglar lock, as well as numerical code burglar lock,fingerprint burglar lock, vibration sensor, door lock test sensor,signal receiver and infrared back-feed tester etc, the secret codes ofwhich are transmitted in infrared or radio waves. The passive burglarsensors can be passive infrared sensing monitor, camera dynamicmonitoring system and so on, as well as GPS vehicle movement andposition sensor and so on. Passive infrared sensing monitor and cameradynamic monitoring system use the camera devices to monitor the mattersin the vehicle continuously. Once somebody intrudes into the vehicle, itwill start the alarm system. The burglar sensor uninterruptedly teststhe statuses in the vehicle and sends the signals to a burglar CPU ontime, which will be processed and judged by a special program in theburglar CPU. When a special condition is met, a corresponding programwill be started to make an alarm and take burglar control measures (forexample, if somebody want to open the car door, generator cover, baggagecabin door, or want to go into the car without key or remote controller,the burglar system will start an alarm program to make sound and flashthe head lamps or steering lamps, and at the same time, the burglarsystem will cut up start circuit or ignition circuit or other interlocksystem for the generator), and capture the images through camera systemand/or make face identification with the face identification system, inaddition, start communication system to send each kind of materials suchas vehicle status, position, face characters of the criminal suspect tothe monitoring center, so as to realize the purpose of guarding againsttheft and robber.

The present invention's automobile safety defense and alarm system withimage-capturing and radio communication functions (including automobileburglar alarming principle and implementation method) can be used notonly in automobile burglar alarm and but also in any places where thereare needed that safety defense and alarm system, such as each kind ofvehicles, ships, air planes, buildings, dock, warehouse and so on forsafety, monitoring and alarming.

The present invention's automobile safety defense and alarm system notonly can be mounted on an automobile as its safety defense and alarmsystem, but also can be used in any places where there is needed thatsafety defense and alarm system, such as office, warehouse, home,building, yard, dock etc as well as each kind of vehicles, ships, airplanes and so on as their alarm or as the face identification burglarlock and burglar monitoring device. In addition, they can be used as asafety alarm for instrument, equipment or other valuables. Through faceidentification, a person who goes into the vehicle is confirmed to be alegal driver, otherwise, the alarm system will start the alarm, whichwill be sent to a near or remote monitoring center. The presentinvention's burglar-proof device can create a independent defense andalarm system of its own.

According to the design requirements, the present invention's automobilesafety defense and alarm system not only can be mounted on an automobileas its safety defense and alarm system, but also can increase automobileautomatic control functions according to the design requirements. Forexample, according to DHWG (Digital Home Working Group) standard, designeach kind of automobile communication and entertainment functions.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other features of the present invention will now be describedin detail with reference to the accompanying figures in which:

FIG. 1 is the present invention's basic structure block diagram.

FIG. 2 is the present invention's circuit diagram of camera part.

FIG. 3 is the present invention's circuit diagram of thermo-luminouselectric infrared sensor for temperature difference alarm.

FIG. 4 is the present invention's block diagram of system program tomake a dynamic monitoring of the conditions in a vehicle with cameradevices.

FIG. 5 is the present invention's block diagram of system program aboutphotographing, face identification and alarm system.

FIG. 6 is the present invention's block diagram of main system programabout automobile alarm system.

FIG. 7 is the present invention's block diagram of system program aboutburglar brake control system.

FIG. 8 is the present invention's circuit diagram of thermo-luminouselectric infrared sensor for temperature difference alarm.

FIG. 9 is the present invention's floor plan of camera devices.

FIG. 10 is the present invention's position figure of antenna, cameradevices and sensors in the vehicle. FIG. 10 a, FIG. 10 b and FIG. 10 care top view and side view of a vehicle and section view of instrumentpanel in the driver's cab individually.

FIG. 11 is the present invention's block diagram of radio alarmingcommunication system.

FIG. 12 is the present invention's block diagram of automobilemonitoring system.

FIG. 13 is the present invention's block diagram of photographing andimage transmitting system.

FIG. 14 is the present invention's block diagram of automobile redundantmonitoring system.

FIG. 15 is the present invention's block diagram of automobileanti-interference communication monitoring system.

FIG. 16 is the present invention's automobile monitoring program blockdiagram of the identification of a driver with facemask or faceornaments by means of camera devices.

FIG. 17 is the present invention's monitoring program block diagram ofautomobile status recorder (Auto Black Box).

FIG. 18 is the present invention's block diagram of chassisanti-destroying and monitoring system by means of camera devices.

FIG. 19 is the present invention's block diagram of monitoring andalarming system when a burst event to a vehicle is happened.

FIG. 20 is the present invention's block diagram of anti-interferenceradio communication alarming system when stopping.

FIG. 21 is the present invention's block diagram of anti-interferenceradio communication alarming system when running.

FIG. 22 is the present invention's monitoring program block diagram of aradio communication automobile status recorder (auto black box) when andafter a burst event is/was occurred.

FIG. 23 is the present invention's block diagram of <Face IdentificationSystem> to identify whether or not the driver's face is directed at thecamera.

FIG. 24 is the present invention's block diagram of <Face IdentificationSystem> to identify whether or not the driver and other peoples haveface masks or face ornaments.

FIG. 25 is the present invention's block diagram of animal charactersidentification and judgment system.

FIG. 26 is the present invention's block diagram of facial unusualexpression identification system.

The next will refer to attached figures and explain embodiments of thepresent invention. In the following explanations, the known functions orstructures have not been explained in order to lay stress on the keypoints.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

FIG. 1 is the present invention's basic structure block diagram.

The present invention includes: Camera device (and/or digital camera)and/or sound-receiving module 110, communication and/oranti-interference communication module 130, CPU 120, alarm sensor andvehicle locking module 140, GPS positioning module 160 and sensing andalarming radar module 170 as well as communication antenna 130 and GPSantenna 163 etc.

Among those parts, camera device (and/or digital camera) and/orsound-receiving module 110 includes:

Camera lens 111, and sensitive elements such as charge-coupled device(CCD) or CMOS sensitive element 112. According to design requirements,image sensor can use charge-coupled device (CCD), charge—injected device(CID), charge-scanning device (CSD), photodiode array device (PAD), MOSimage sensor, CMOS image sensor and other kinds of image sensors, inwhich CMOS image sensor (Complementary Metal oxide semiconductor ImageSensor) may be: CMOS-PPS, CMOS-APS and logarithmic transformation CMOSimage sensor and so on. The structure of CMOS-PPS is light-sensitivediode, and CMOS-APS has light-sensitive diode and optical gratingstructures etc. According to design requirements, camera lens 111 can beevery type of camera lens such as fixed-focus lens, or zoom lens, orautomatic light-metering and self-adjustable aperture lens, or fixedaperture lens, or automatic focus lens, or fixed focus lens, or a smalllens module in the camera module with 2.5 times of optical zoom andautomatic focus functions made by SEIKO (

) and inserted in mobile telephone, or other kind of lens. As CMOS/CCDsensitive elements used in numerical code camera and pickup camera canreceive infrared waves, in order to take the infrared picture anddynamic images, it is required to equip with an infrared filter and forman infrared camera device. The infrared filter can be M&K 1000 infraredfilter made by USA M&K optical company, and HOYA infrared photo-scopeetc. Of course, other kind of infrared camera devices can be used.Signal processor DSP 113 processes sound signals, the signals receivedby the sensitive elements, video and voice frequency output signals,and/or image and sound signals. Pickup MIC115 receives sound signal, theamplifier 114 amplifies the output signals from the pickup MIC and/orthe sound signals after digital signal processing. Picture-taking andsound-receiving module power source 116 and output interface 117.According to the design requirements, the output interface may beanalogue TV voice frequency signal output interface, or digital signaloutput interface, or cable interface, such as, analogue TV voicefrequency signal output interface, and digital signal output interfaceUSB and 1394 and so on, or other kinds of radio communication interfacessuch as infrared interface or 802.11x, or NEC electronics'parallel-to-serial converter interface, bridge connecting IC“μPD161451”, the image data transmission lines are reduced from 18 to 4lines. Through those 4 signal lines (2 pairs), a maximum 128M bit/stransmission speed can be available. Other radio communication systems,and Lanya(

) personal local network and other radio communication input/outputinterfaces can also be used.

Camera device (and/or digital camera) and/or sound-receiving module 110can be each kind of existing camera devices or picture-taking andcircuit modules in those devices such as CCD sensitive devices/USBinterface/Built-in speaker/camera device modules or overall unit ofQuickCam Pro 4000, or SHARP CCD camera module LZ0P371K, or SHARP CMOSimage sensor LR38637 module etc, and SHARP logarithmic transformationCMOS image sensor module and each kind and type of camera devices orcamera modules.

The present invention's camera device can be single device or multipledevices. When several camera devices are used, they can be mounted ondifferent positions to take pictures from different directions, that is,they can be regarded as redundant camera devices to protect destroy ofthe criminal suspect and avoid that the camera lens is covered by thecriminal suspect and loses camera function.

The main function of the camera device and/or sound-receiving module 110is to take pictures or images, and/or to receive the sound. Itsfunctions can be increased or decreased according to the designrequirements, for example, increasing infrared lighting and/or visiblelighting function etc.

Pickup MIC115 that receives sound signal amplifies the output signalsfrom the pickup MIC and/or the amplifier 114 amplifies the sound signalsafter digital signal processing can put in camera device (and/or digitalcamera) and/or sound-receiving module 110 or in other position.

An analogical interface can be used between each module (for example,between the camera device and/or sound-receiving module 110 and CPU),for example, the communication can be carried out through voicefrequency and/or video frequency cable, or through digital communicationinterface such as USB interface, IEEE 1394 port, optical fibercommunication interface etc. Each module can be communicated with othermodules through analogical signal interface and/or digital signalinterface.

Each kind of burglar sensors in the alarm sensor and vehicle lockingmodule 140 can be used, including infrared sensor 145, vibration sensor146, gear lock sensor 147, intermediate control lock sensor 148 and soon. Each kind of burglar alarming interlock units can be used, includingintermediate control lock 149, generator lock 150, alarm speaker 151 andalarm start switch 152 etc. There can be mounted performance, function,status sensors to the each part of the vehicle, such as generator sensor155, speed sensor 154 and brake sensor 153 and so on. The alarm unit canbe controlled by the alarm sensor and the automobile-locking module CPU141 with the status signals of each kind of sensors and the workingstatus signals of each type of mechanical parts in the automobilethrough I/P interface. When a criminal suspect is opening a car door orhas intruded into the car, that process can be monitored in followingmeasures, for example, (a) by means of thermo-luminous electric infraredsensing and monitoring devices 153, sensing the person in the car atnight and daytime without illumination. In that situation, the infraredlamp can be started working at night or when the daylight is dark oronly when the criminal suspect has intruded into the car. In addition, avisible lamp can be used for illumination compensation, so as to take aclear picture. It is possible to measure illumination level in thevehicle to decide whether or not the infrared lamp and/or visible lampshould be started when the criminal suspect has intruded into the car.(b) Carrying out dynamic monitoring to the situations in a vehiclethrough camera devices. When the criminal suspect has intruded into thecar, camera devices and radio communication system are automaticallystarted for alarming. According to the result of face identification,judge whether or not the person in the car is legal driver, so as tostart the locking function. (c) Using infrared reflection sensor. (d)Using each kind of alarm switches such as burglar alarm switches atsteering wheel or other positions in the vehicle, or using each kind ofburglar sensors.

CPU 120 includes: CPU 121, which can be a single CPU or multiple CPUsfor parallel or serial operation. According to the design requirements,each kind of CPU can be used, such as the CPU for desk-top computer,notebook computer, industrial control computer, pocket computer, or suchCPU that PXA series Intel processor with ARM structure such as IntelPXA270 processor with multi-configurations that has clock rate 312 MHz624 MHz and equips with 64˜256 MB Intel StrataFlash flash register, andalso can be TI OMAP series CPUs, and some special systems that consistof each kind of gate arrays. Dynamic RAM 122 and ROM can be flash memory1, 123 a can use each kind of ROM, such as ROM, EPROM each kind and typeof FLASH ROM and so on. In ROM there can be memorized each kind of dataof basic I/O system (BIOS), control system program, computer operatingsystem, application system program for processing by CPU according toalarm design requirements. Those computer operating systems, applicationsystem programs and each kind of data programs can also be memorized ina mobile memory card 2 (FLASH ROM) 123 b, so the dynamic RAM 122 and ROM123 a will store only basic I/O system (BIOS) for processing by CPU, butmobile memory card 2 (FLASH ROM) 123 b as an operating system start discwill store only the data of operating system each kind of control systemprogram, application system program and so on. This mobile memory card 2(FLASH ROM) 123 b can be used as a magnetic disc C of a computer, or theoperating system program and each kind of application system program canbe stored in a hard disc or other type memories. Because of largevibration, the hard disc is easily broken, so it will be suitable to usea mobile memory card 2 (FLASH ROM) 123 b. In the case of non-movingand/or non-vibrating condition, hard disc can still be used instead ofmobile memory card. Thos system program can include, for example, theoperating system can use Windows, Unix, Linux, Windows® CE.NET, SymbianOS and other kind of operating system programs. The camera controlsystem program and each kind of biological identification program suchas face identification system program, fingerprint identification systemprogram, iris identification system program, retina identificationsystem program, handwriting identification system program, voicerecognition system program and so on. ID system such as secret codesinput identification system program, output image and/or voicecompression circuit 125 and other control system program, alarm controlsystem program, automobile status recorder (Auto Black Box) systemprogram, and side-looking and/or forward looking, and/or back lookingcamera devices and/or auto radar module 170 monitor the conditions atfront, back, right and left of a running automobile, send out dangersignal immediately to protect it from impacting, indicate and/or takesafety measures automatically immediately, and/or automobile automaticdrive system according to road sign to control vehicle's direction andspeed. Those control application system and their corresponding softwarecan be increased or decreased according to the design requirements, orcombine each other to form a new assembly of safety defense and alarmsystem. Mobile memory card 2 (FLASH ROM) 123 b and mobile memory card3(FLASH ROM)123 c can use each kind of movable semiconductorflash-memorizing card, such as CF card (Compact Flash Card), SM card(Smart Media Card), MMC (Mult Media Card), SD card (Secure DigitalCard), Memory Stick Pro and Memory Stick, USB flash memorizing card(flash memory ROM Card for USB interface) and so on. That mobile solidmemory 123 b\123 c can also use each type of non-volatile semiconductormemory, such as each kind of FLASH ROM, EPROM and so on. That flashmemorizing memory 2 (FLASH ROM) 123 b 123 c can be mobile memory card,or can be non-mobile printed-circuit board, on which a flash memory(FLASH ROM) 123 b is mounted.

An image chip that outputs images data to the display can use a singleimage processing chip or a CPU or a chip set that integrates image chip.

According to the design requirements, packing and de-packing circuit ofimage and/or sound 125 and RAM 126, ROM 27 can be put in a CPU module120, or in the camera device (and/or digital camera) and/orsound-receiving module 110, or in communication and/or anti-interferencemonitoring and communication module 130 and so on. Those images andsounds can also be packed or de-packed with either the single image andsound packing and de-packing circuit or the image and sound packing andde-packing program.

The output images and/or sounds can be packed according to each packingprotocol such as JEPG, MPEG, MJPEG, XVD (“eXtended-play Video Disc”developed by USA DigitalStream), WMV (Microsoft's Windows Media Video)and DivX (developed by USA DivX Networks) etc or to H 323 image andsound packing standard. All the following image and sound packingcircuit, technology or software program are able to be used: USA Dropletcompany's “DTV” symmetric image packing technique that is based on smallwave conversion, hardware packing by image and sound packing circuit,and software packing technique by software program and CPU. The outputimage and sound packing circuit 125 can be set in the Image takingand/or sound receiving module 110 or other position according to designrequirements.

According to design requirements, it is possible to use each kind ofsoftware system program and/or hardware circuit with face identificationfunction, such as DCS AG company's face identification system BioID, TheAcademy of Science of China Calculation Institute's “Main Technology forFace Monitoring and Identification”, Xingchuang company's FaceOn AccessControl face identification system program or a special persons' facecharacter databank. Compare the image to be identified with the imagedata of legal driver in the databank and verify whether or not theperson is a legal driver, otherwise asking or alarming information willbe sent to the owner of the vehicle or to other managers through radiocommunication or other method. If the person is a legal one, avehicle-unlocking program will be carried out so that the legal drivercan start the vehicle. It may be possible that the image data of theperson who goes into the vehicle can not be processed in faceidentification, and directly sent to a control center for imageidentification; If the person is not a legal driver, asking or alarminginformation will be sent to the owner of the vehicle or to othermanagers through radio communication or other method.

The main functions of CPU module 120 are: Receiving the alarminformation from the alarm and monitor sensor or from the monitormodule; Starting alarm system and collecting each kind of information,such as, and starting camera system to take pictures to the person whogoes into the vehicle and starting communication system to make a faceidentification of the alarmed information for that person; Transmittingthe identified face data, the image data of the legal driver, the imagedata of other persons who go into the driver's cab, and the vehicleinformation and so on to the control center, and; Implementing commandsto control the vehicle from the control center and/or next operationsand so on.

CPU 120 can also be used as a main control center in a vehicle toimplement vehicle operation function, and get correspondingvehicle-driving information. USB, RS232 and 1394 as well as each kind ofcommunication interface can be used as I/O interface for communicationbetween CPU 120 and other modules.

The present invention's every module and each device can have multipleredundant modules or devices, the functions of which include: (1) When adevice is or multiple devices are damaged, implement lost function ofthose damaged devices instead them, or on the basis of implementingoriginal functions, increase lost function of those damaged devices; (2)Implement the works with same functions to strengthen those functions;(3) Implement the works with different functions and charactersindividually. For example, CPU 120 can be a single module or con consistof multiple modules, those multiple modules can be same model and sametype or different model and different type, they can carry out samefunctions or different functions, such as CPU 132 of communicationmodule 130, CPU module 120, CPU module 141 of alarm sensor and vehiclelocking module 140, CPU module 161 of GPS poisoning module 160, and CPUmodule 171 of alarm radar module 170 etc. The CPUs in those modules cancarry out their functions of themselves individually, or other functionsof lost functions of damaged modules on the same time. In other words,one function can be carried out by one CPU or several CPUs, such as,there may be several CPUs to carry out image receiving, imageidentification, store and record of each kind of information receivedfrom the CPU module individually. Similarly, multiple functions can becarried out only by CPU. Those CPUs can be same model and same type ordifferent model and different type. According to the designrequirements, CPU 121 can be each kind and type of CPU, such as PXA800F(development code: Manitoba) processor that integrates CPU, DSP andflash memory and so on, or PXA26X processor and so on. According to thedesign requirements, each kind of CPU can be used, such as the CPU fordesk-top computer, notebook computer, industrial control computer,pocket computer, each type multi-media computer etc.

CPU 120 can also use existing each kind of computer modules with CPU,such as each kind of Personal Digital Asistant (PDA), such as iPAQ H5450overall computer etc or their partial circuits, or each type of CPUmodules or their overall computer. Connection of CPU module 120 withautomobile control module 140 and/or each kind of electronic sensors inthe vehicle can be used as a main control center in the vehicle. Clickthe screen of PDA to control the vehicle for carrying out each kind ofoperation and get corresponding vehicle-driving information.

Computer identification method, such as biological identification method(face identification technique, iris identification, retinaidentification, fingerprint identification, voice recognition,identification of the shape of a mouth, and handwriting identification,etc) and/or secret codes method such as smart card secret codes inputmethod, keyboard secret codes input method etc can be used to verify thevehicle owner.

We can use one secret codes input method or multiple secret codes inputmethods. We can also use one set of secret code or multiple sets ofsecret code, such as self-identification secret code or common deceptionsecret code. The self-identification secret code is real identificationsecret code of the vehicle owner, and the deception secret code is onlythe one that deceives the robber. That set of deception secret code hasalarm and start functions from vehicle-locking status to start statusfor deceiving the criminal suspect.

Communication and/or anti-interference communication module 130includes: RF signal transmitting and receiving module 131 that iscontrolled by the controller 132, memory 133, voice processor 136 andpickup and speaker 137, coder 134, key-input pad 135 and other devicesand circuits. The communication between the communication module 130 andCPU 120 is carried out through I/O circuit. According to the designrequirements, each kind of radio network communication system modules ortheir overall unit can be used, such as, common network equipment: GSM,CDMA system as well as high-speed communication networks, such as 3G, 4Ghigh-speed communication networks to be developed in the future, andsatellite communication, or each kind of radio network communicationsystems, such as “Air Interface for Fixed Broadband Wireless AccessSystems”

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IEEE 802.11X, IEEE 802.16X, IEEE802.2XX, USA Flarion company'sFlash-OFDM, Intel company's WIMA, XZig-Bee, Mobile-Fi,

company's Flash-OFDM radio technology and Ultrawideband and otherstandard radio network communication systems, or using wireless intercomsystem, radio station system, such as USA PCC company's (Pacific CrestCorporation) high-speed wireless data transmission radio station EDL andeach kind of radio communication system, or using radioanti-interference monitoring communication system and other kinds ofanti-interference radio communication and monitoring systems at the sametime, and Lanya (

) communication system and other wireless communication systems, andwireless communication system modules, such as Siemens company's GSMmodule AC35-GPRS, GSM module AC35-GPRS and GSM module TC 35—dualband andother kinds of communication modules and overall unit circuits, orShenzhen Waveguide company's MOP Net (Waveguide) C81X and each kind ofbuilt-in or building-out radio network modules that are suitable fornotebook computer or desk-top personal computer. C81X uses USBinterface, which can carry out GPRS digital communication in GSMnetwork.

The alarm sensor and vehicle control module 140 includes: Centralcontrol unit 141 and (dynamic and static) memory 144. The centralcontrol unit 141 carries out communication through I/O interface I/P 143and alarm sensors such as infrared sensor 145, vibration sensor 146,gear lock sensor 147, intermediate control lock sensor 148 and othertypes of alarm sensors, and through vehicle status sensors, such as,intermediate control lock 149, generator lock 150, alarm speaker 151 andalarm start switch 152 as well as communication module I/O interface I/O142. The alarm sensor and vehicle status sensing control module 140 canbe any known alarm sensor of automobile alarm systems mentioned abovefor controlling and monitoring the information of automobile-selfelectronic control system. The central control unit 141 of this alarmsensor and vehicle control module 140, and (dynamic and static) memory144 share with CPU module 120 through I/O interface I/P 143. The imageidentification function can be carried out in the alarm sensor andvehicle control module 140, or the image data taken can be sent to thecontrol center by the communication module 130 and processed by thecontrol center's computers. The camera alarm monitor start device can bethe existing each kind of sensor, or camera alarm start unit, orinitiative/passive infrared alarm device.

GPS positioning module 160 includes GPS receiver 162, GPSmicro-processor module (CPU module) 161 and GPS receiving antenna 163etc. It can be each kind of GPS positioning modules or their overallunit, such as GARMIN G-25lvs GPS, Jupiter 371/381, GARMIN G-25lvs, TFAG10 and MOTOROLA company's GT or UT, Japan SEIKO's (

) GPS module “S4E39861” and other GPS positioning modules. The purposeof that arrangement to GPS positioning module is to inform the controlcenter the position of the vehicle when alarming.

Sensing and alarming radar module 170 includes: Radar microprocessormodule (CPU module) 171, one or several microwave RF radar distancemeasurement alarm module 172 and/or one or several ultrasonic distancemeasurement alarm module and/or infrared distance measurement alarmmodule 173 etc. Radar module 173 can sense whether or not there is anobstacle outside of the vehicle, its direction, distance from thevehicle, speeds of the vehicle when the vehicle is close to or departsfrom the obstacle and other information as well as vehicle drivingcontrol situations.

Display module 180 includes: panel display 181 such as liquid crystaldisplay (LCD), PDP display, organic light emitting diode display (OLED),and the displays using crystal reflex display (SXRD) technique, DLPdisplay technique and so on.

And/or head up display (HUD) 182. Its lighting part includes: liquidcrystal head up display, penetration type organic light emitting diode(OLED) head up display, and the head up displays using crystal reflexdisplay (SXRD) technique, DLP display technique and each kind of head updisplays. The head up display can be: a head up display with full figurespectroscope display, or the head up display using general car windowglass as the display like General company and so on. The circuit partand display part of the CPU module 120 can be placed in differentpositions in the vehicle individually, or made together as a whole. Thedisplay part can be connected with CPU module 120 through wire orwireless method.

The panel display 181 in the display module 180 and/or multi-functionhead up display system can display each item of display contentsrequired by the design and pre-assigned by the user, including:

(1) Displaying selected each kind of parameters collected by CPU module120 before or when running, and displaying vehicle measurement processand results before starting, such as reading in each kind of informationin USA California's OBD-II (ON-BOARD DIAGNOSITICS-II) standard. Avehicle electric control system tested by a computer test systemincludes: Reading out control unit version (01); reading out troublecodes (02); executive component diagnostics (03); basic settings (04);Cleaning trouble codes (05); finishing test outputs (06); control unitcodes (07); reading measurement data block (08); reading single itemdatum (09); match adjustment (10); sign on (11); ready code status (15);and each item of display contents required by the design andpre-assigned by the user.

(2) Multi-function head up display system that consists of a head updisplay and camera devices. Those camera devices are mounted inside oroutside the vehicle and take pictures from different directions. Thehead up display can display selected images token by visible light,low-light and/or infrared, thermo-luminous infrared camera devicesand/or numerical code camera devices, acting as a noctovisor,side-looking/back-looking mirror, and the driver has no need to turnhis/her head for watching the conditions at the both sides and the backof the vehicle, so as to reduce traffic accidents.

(3) It is possible to use visible light, low-light and/or infrared,thermo-luminous infrared camera devices and/or numerical code cameradevices 5 g, 5 a and 5 b etc at the front, both sides and back of thevehicle to take images at dark night so that the driver's visual fieldat night is widened, so as to reduce traffic accidents.

(4) Each kind of valuable information can be displayed, such aselectronic map of GPS (Global Positioning System), automobile drivingcontrol information and the contents that can be displayed on each kindof display.

A forward-looking and/or back-looking and side-looking head up displaysystem consists of visible light, low-light and/or infrared,thermo-luminous infrared camera devices and/or numerical code cameradevices with orientations of the front, both sides and back directionsset up inside and outside the vehicle.

In order to explain conveniently, in real design and manufacture, eachcircuit and device of each functional module in the present invention'sattached figures can be increased or decreased according to the designrequirements. For example, the present invention's basic and requisitemodules include: camera (and/or numerical code camera) and/or voicereceiving module 110, CPU 120 and communication module 130 etc, othermodules can be increased or decreased according to the designrequirements, such as alarm sensor and vehicle control module 140, GPSpoisoning module 160, and each part's functional control modules such asgenerator control and brake control module, each display control moduleand so on. In addition, redundant parts and/or redundant functionalmodules can be used in the present invention's burglar circuit design.When partial circuits are managed, other redundant modules can continuecarrying their functions. For example, there will be placed multiple GPSantenna or communication antenna individually, there will be placedmultiple communication modules individually, and there will be placedmultiple CPU modules individually and so on. Therefore, if one orseveral modules are destroyed, the alarm information will be still sentout on time, and if one or more camera devices are destroyed, theremaining will take images of the criminal suspect for alarming. It ispossible to integrate each function of CPUs in each module and only oneCPU is used for processing all the functions. It is possible tore-combine camera (and/or numerical code camera) and/or voice receivingmodule 110, communication module 130, CPU 120, alarm sensor and vehiclelocking module 140, GPS poisoning module 160 and so on in a new moduleor to change their functions, or to reduce the number of CPUs, or thateach CPU of each module is the redundant CPU of other functional module.It will be better to use multiple CPUs in multiple modules so that eachCPU of each module is the redundant CPU of other functional module, ifone module or several modules or one CPU or several CPUs would bedestroyed, the remaining could carry out their functions. Because thecriminal suspect can't destroy all the modules, antennas or cameradevices at a moment, there a time difference before the system isdestroyed and after the system has been destroyed, each kind of imageand data information for a burst event are transmitted to a remotemonitor and control center for alarming on time through redundantmodules or devices.

The present invention's each type of modules in each kind of modules canbe multiple modules with same functions and/or multiple modules withdifferent functions. Those modules can be used as parallel processingmodules, or the ones with different functions such as CPU module.

An automotive storage battery can be used directly as the power sourcefor the present invention's automobile safety defense and alarm system,the battery is a standby power source, connecting with other powersources through power cables. In general, an external power sourcesupplies power to the automobile safety defense and alarm system, andcharge the battery, at the same time, the host machine will monitor theexternal power source at any time. When it is monitored that theexternal power source is interrupted, the power supply will be changedto the battery and the alarm circuit will be started. According todesign requirements, a power test circuit can be added in the powermodule to monitor the power supply. According to different power supplyconditions, use different circuits, for example, when driving or when anemergence is happening, all the power supplies may be used for powersupplying. When only the monitor function will be carried out, or whenthe storage battery is interrupted, it may be possible to supplyelectricity to partial circuits.

FIG. 2 is the present invention's circuit diagram of camera part.

In the FIG. 2, CMOS image sensor 6 (such as FUB06 image sensor), throughthe camera, receives optical signals and change them to electricalsignals, and then send those electrical signals to an output interfacecircuit IC2 and then to CPU module 120. According to designrequirements, the interface circuit can be USB interface circuit orother interface circuits. USB interface circuit SHARP single chipcontroller (LR38873) that is suitable for USB On-The-Go 1.0 standard, orfor USB1.1, USB2.0, 1394 standards or other chips. The electric signalfrom CMOS image sensor 6 will be also sent to the image output amplifierIC3 (Model FUB30) for amplifying, and then sent to AV output processor10 for processing, and finally standard AV signals are output. Accordingto design requirements, the power supply voltage stabilizing circuit 7(Model AD7812) can be changed for supplying overall circuits. Thecrystal oscillator 8 will provide clock signals to the CMOS image sensor6.

FIG. 3 is the present invention's circuit diagram of thermo-luminouselectric infrared sensor for temperature difference alarm.

FIG. 3 explains a kind of thermo-luminous electric infrared sensorcircuit for temperature difference alarm, which consists of passiveinfrared sensor monitor (such as the passive infrared sensor monitorthat consists of pyroelectricdetectors 2288 or 2613 seriesthermo-luminous electric infrared sensors. Two thermo-luminous electricinfrared sensors can be used as a balance circuit, in which one is usedto close the entrance windows so as to cancel the influence from thechange of temperature in the vehicle), A/D converter circuit, CPU forcalculation of common-mode rejection, and D/A converter circuit. Connectthermo-luminous electric infrared sensors M1 and M2 to capacities C1 andC2 individually. According to the requirements, input the voice signalgrabbed to pre-processing circuits ID₂ and ID₁, then through A/Dconverter circuit D₁ to a digital signal processing circuit D₂ forthermo-luminous infrared temperature difference calculation. In theprocess of that temperature difference calculation, cancel thecommon-mode signal and select difference mode signal, measure out thechange of the signal resulted from the temperature difference betweenthe temperature of the person who goes into the vehicle and theenvironmental temperature in the vehicle (If the real temperature in thevehicle can be measured out, according to the real temperaturedifference, the real body temperature of the person can be available).Through interface circuit D₃, the digital signal processing circuit D₂outputs alarm information or temperature signal value, and/or themeasured temperature of the person or a part of the person. The digitalsignal processing circuit can also consist of other type of digitalcircuits or other kinds of thermo-luminous electric infrared alarmsensor circuits. The thermo-luminous electric infrared detector circuitof thermo-luminous electric infrared detector module HN911Lshown in FIG.8 uses a thermo-luminous electric infrared sensor to receive theinfrared energy from the human body and then processes the infraredsignal received with electric circuit and send alarm information. It hashigh sensitivity and wide detecting range and is easy to operate.

FIG. 4 is the present invention's block diagram of system program tomake a dynamic monitoring of the conditions in a vehicle with cameradevices.

As shown in FIG. 4, the system program method for dynamic monitoring theconditions in the vehicle with the camera devices for automobile burglaralarm includes the following processing processes: camera device (and/ordigital camera devices) and/or sound-receiving module 110 will processthe image signals and/or voice signals taken by camera lens 111 andsensitive elements and make a signal processing to the video frequencyand audio frequency output signals. After signal processing, theprocessed signals will be as output analog or digital signals andthrough an output interface output to the CPU module 120 and then CPU121 will make a video frequency monitoring processing by means ofdigital image frame processing technique and/or brightness gobo testingmethod.

Its processing process is: Firstly, acquire frame A and inspect whetheror not it is marked. If it is marked, regard it as Frame B, thenre-acquire frame A. Frame A has no the marks. Make a local comparisonbetween Frame A and Frame B. That local comparison may be a local blockaverage comparison or a comparison of all the blocks' averagescomparison. Inspect whether or not frame A is the same as frame B. Ifboth frames are same, continue acquiring frame A. If both frames are notsame, go to the alarm program.

Practically, camera devices, CPU module and dynamic control systemprogram form a camera dynamic monitor and control system.

FIG. 5 is the present invention's block diagram of system program aboutphotographing, face identification and alarm system.

The principle and processing method of camera, face identification andalarm system program for automobile burglar alarm include the followingprocessing process: camera device (and/or digital camera devices) and/orsound-receiving module 110 will process the image signals and/or voicesignals taken by camera lens 111 and sensitive elements and make asignal processing to the video frequency and audio frequency outputsignals. After signal processing, the processed signals will be outputanalog or digital signals through an output interface to the CPU module120 and then CPU 121 will confirm whether or not the driver is a legalone by means of image identification system program.

This system includes “Mask identification subprogram”, and/or “Facialcharacteristics and/or biological characteristics identificationsubprogram” and/or “Face tilt identification subprogram” and/or “Facialornaments identification subprogram” and/or “Facial unusual expressionidentification subprogram” and/or “facemask identification subprogram”,from which one subprogram or several subprograms can be used accordingto the design requirements.

Its processing procedure is: Firstly, acquire image data with cameradevices. According to the design requirements, the camera devices can bevisible light, low-light and/or infrared, thermo-luminous infraredcamera devices and/or numerical code camera devices, or a combinationdevice of two or more camera devices mentioned above. Faceidentification and/or each kind of biological characteristicidentification will be carried out to those received face images orbiological characteristic images. The biological characteristicidentification includes iris identification, retina identification,fingerprint identification, voice recognition, identification of theshape of a mouth, and handwriting identification, special actionidentification. After that, the identity recognition will be done. Makea comparison between the face image characteristics and/or his/herbiological image characteristics to be verified and the face imagecharacteristics and/or his/her biological image characteristics storedin the biological characteristics databank of legal drivers to confirmwhether or not the driver is a legal one. If the “Facial characteristicsand/or biological characteristics identification subprogram” is not ableto verify whether or not the driver is a legal one, then use “Face tiltidentification subprogram” and/or “Facial ornaments identificationsubprogram” and/or “Facial unusual expression identification subprogram”to make the identification.

According to the design requirements, make face identification with“Facial unusual expression identification subprogram” and “Face tiltidentification subprogram”. If the unusual expression of the person inthe vehicle is found out, and/or his/her faces are not directed at thecamera, then a prompt will be sent to ask that the person shouldimmediately correct his/her facial unusual expression and should bedirected at the camera. Then, make a comparison between the face imagecharacteristics and/or his/her biological image characteristics to beverified and the face image characteristics and/or his/her biologicalimage characteristics stored in the biological characteristics databankof legal drivers to confirm whether or not the driver is a legal one. Ifthe “Facial characteristics and/or biological characteristicsidentification subprogram” is still not able to verify whether or notthe driver is a legal one, then carry out “Facemask identificationsubprogram” and “Facial ornaments identification subprogram”.

According to the design requirements, carry out “Facemask identificationsubprogram”. If it is found that the person in the vehicle wears afacemask, then enter into the alarm program. If it is not found that theperson in the vehicle wears a facemask, then enter into the “Facialornaments identification subprogram”.

During the period of carrying out the “Facial ornaments identificationsubprogram”, if it is found that the person in the vehicle wearsornaments, or a confirmation to verify whether or not the driver is alegal one can not be made after making a comparison between the faceimage characteristics and/or his/her biological image characteristics tobe verified and the face image characteristics and/or his/her biologicalimage characteristics stored in the biological characteristics databankof legal drivers (or before that comparison program is carried out),provide a prompt to the driver, asking him/her to remove out his/herornaments, retake his/her face image for re-carrying out faceidentification and remaking a comparison. If the driver is found out asa legal one, then ask the diver to wear his/her ornaments on, retakehis/her face image data and store them (or the face characteristics dataof the driver with the facemask taken before) in the biologicalcharacteristics databank of legal drivers as that driver's new facecharacteristics data. If the driver is found out as an illegal driver,make an alarm processing.

If the face characteristics of a legal driver are successively obtained,the legal driver's image will be displayed on the display or the legaldriver will be required to input other identification method such asfingerprint identification, iris identification, retina identification,secret code input recognition, and handwriting identification, etc. Itis possible to select one method or multiple methods from thoseidentifications to carry out further identification synchronously ornon-synchronously. That step can be neglected and for example directlyentering operating system program. If it is found not to be inconformity with the face characteristics of legal driver aftercomparing, in order to avoid incorrect identification, make an otheridentification again or multiple identifications. After confirming thereis no incorrect identification, start alarm control system program foralarming.

The biological characteristics identification databank stores speciallydesignated persons' face characteristics data and/or biologicalcharacteristic identification data, such as the data for irisidentification, retina identification, fingerprint identification, voicerecognition, identification of the shape of a mouth, and handwritingidentification, special action identification and so on. Besides, thisdatabank also stores other kind of data, for example, animal'scharacteristics (be used for animal identification to judge whether ornot it is an animal and which kind of animal it is), or speciallydesignated persons' characteristics data that may be used in otherbiological characteristic identification system or each kind of the datarelated to face characteristic identification.

Practically, camera devices, CPU module, “Facial characteristics and/orbiological characteristics identification subprogram” and the biologicalcharacteristics identification databank form a facial characteristicsand/or biological characteristics identification system.

Physiological characteristics safety software on face, voice and lipaction characteristics such as BioID2.1Client/server etc can be alsoused for identification use.

FIG. 6 is the present invention's block diagram of main system programabout automobile alarm system.

The processing for automobile burglar alarm (or for other applicationspurposes, such as used in office, bank, building, warehouse, home, yardetc. In this manual taking office as an example) includes the followingsteps: Using alarm and monitor sensor, radio communication module,pickup, CPU module, single or multiple camera devices, after the vehicleor office is under the condition of monitoring, when somebody or ananimal attempts to enter into or destroy the vehicle or has entered intothe vehicle (or the office), the alarm and monitor sensor will send analarming signal to start the alarm system program. At that moment, aprogram for re-checking each sensor can be carried out to confirmwhether or not somebody or an animal attempts to enter into the vehicleor has entered into the vehicle (or the office), or a program forre-checking each sensor can be carried out to confirm whether or notsomebody attempts to destroy the vehicle or has entered into the vehicle(or the office) and his/her position in the vehicle. According to apreset program and present position and other information, make ajudgment on his/her intention of crime and carry out different alarmprograms. For example, using the camera devices image-taking and imagetransmitting program to send the images to CPU module; Using the faceidentification system program and the specially designated persons' facecharacteristics databank to verify whether or not the person who wantsto enter or destroy the vehicle is a legal driver or office worker, ifthe person is found as illegal driver, then make a judgment that it isan animal and what kind of animal it is and then using the cameradevices image-taking and image transmitting program to send the imagesto CPU module; Starting alarm and communication system program to sendthe data on face image of the person who has entered into and wants todestroy the vehicle, and/or the images and information stored in theautomobile status recorder (Black box for automobile use) capturedbefore a burst event is happened and/or when the burst event is beinghappened and/or after the burst event has happened; and/or theinformation collected inside and outside the vehicle (packing ornon-packing the image data according to each packing protocol for theimage transmission) and the voice data or packed image and voice dataand other automobile status information and preset each kind ofinformation to a preset remote or short-distance monitor and controlcenter for alarming; Starting the burglar control system program andimplementing the commands from the vehicle (or the office) and/or presetburglar measures to carry out vehicle (or office) burglar control. Atthe same time, a sound, optical or electrical alarm will be made, forexample, flash lamp and alarm whistle and so on.

The processing method for automobile burglar alarm (or other objectburglar alarm) and the processing method for anti-robbing alarm can usea same program procedure, but the starting point of the programprocedure. The processing method for automobile burglar alarm decreasesthe following steps: When somebody attempts to enter into or has enteredinto the vehicle, the alarm sensor will send a alarm signal, start thealarm system program, and at that time, a program for re-checking eachsensor can be carried out to confirm whether or not somebody attempts toenter into the vehicle or has entered into the vehicle, then start thealarm system program. Those decreased steps are changed as that thevehicle starts or start the alarm system program at a fixed time afterstarting. Therefore, the processing method for anti-robbing alarm (orother object anti-robbing alarm) includes the following steps: When orafter starting a vehicle, using the alarm and monitor sensor, radiocommunication module, pickup and CPU module and camera devices to startthe alarm system program; Running the program to verify from where theperson attempts to enter the vehicle; Starting the camera devicesimage-taking and image transmitting program to send the images to CPUmodule; Using the face identification system program and the speciallydesignated persons' face characteristics databank to verify whether ornot the person who wants to enter or destroy the vehicle is a legaldriver. If the person is found as illegal driver, start the alarm andcommunication system program to collect the data on face image of theperson who has entered the vehicle and/or the images and information inthe vehicle captured by the camera devices, after packing or non-packingthe image data according to each packing protocol for the imagetransmission, and then transmitting those image and voice data or packedimage and voice data and other automobile status information and preseteach kind of information to a preset remote monitor and control centerfor alarming; Starting the burglar and anti-robbing control systemprogram and implementing the commands from the vehicle and/or presetburglar and anti-robbing measures to carry out vehicle burglar andanti-robbing control.

As shown in FIG. 1, the alarm sensor and vehicle control module 140carry out the monitoring program to monitor who goes to the vehicle, thecamera device (and/or digital camera devices) and/or sound-receivingmodule 110 will process the image signals and/or voice signals taken bycamera lens 111 and sensitive elements and make a signal processing tothe video frequency and audio frequency output signals. After signalprocessing, the processed signals will be as output as analog or digitalsignals and through an output interface output to the CPU module 120 andthen CPU 121 will use a face identification system program to monitorwhether or not the driver is legal one. The alarm sensor and vehiclecontrol module 140 carries out automobile burglar and anti-robbingcontrol function and the communication module 130 will send alarminformation to the alarm center.

FIG. 7 is the present invention's block diagram of system program aboutburglar brake control system.

As shown in attached figure, the automobile burglar and anti-robbingcontrol for automobile burglar alarm includes the following processingprocedure: After the vehicle is under the alarm condition, according tothe vehicle-locking command from the analysis center (or the monitor andcontrol center or the CPU module 120), the CPU in the alarm sensor andvehicle control module 140 (or in the CPU module 120 or in othermodules) may carry out each burglar program, such as locking thevehicle, stopping the generator, sending the alarm signals as well asspraying paint to the criminal suspect, stopping the vehicle running andso on.

FIG. 9 is the present invention's floor plan of camera devices and alarmsensors.

The present invention can be used in any places where there are neededthat safety alarms, such as bank, building, office, warehouse, home etcas well as each kind of vehicles, ships, air planes and so on forsafety, monitoring and alarming. In addition, the present invention canalso be used as a safety alarm for instrument, equipment or othervaluables. As shown in attached figure, when it is used as an indoorsafety defense and alarm system, the camera devices can be placed in thewall 2 b corresponding to the door 1 or at other positions, such as 2 aand 2 c in the walls at other two sides, of course, camera lens isdirected at the room. The alarm sensors can be put on both sides of thecamera device or other positions.

FIG. 10 is the present invention's position figure of antenna, cameradevices and sensors in the vehicle. FIG. 10 a, FIG. 10 b and FIG. 10 care top view and side view of a vehicle and section view of instrumentpanel in the driver's cab individually.

As shown in attached figure, set up each device or part at any positionyou need according to design requirements. For example, the presentinvention's camera devices can be set up at any position in the vehiclesuch as on the instrument board, in the lamp, on the back of the pilotset, above the steering wheel and or other places such as in the machinein the machine chamber at the vehicle head and/or in the cargocontainer, and/or in the back-looking mirrors at both sides of thevehicle, and/or under the chassis etc. When somebody opens the machinechamber cover at the vehicle head, and/or the cargo container coverand/or destroys the external surface of the vehicle, the machine in themachine chamber, and/or GPS antenna or radio communication antenna inthe cargo container, and/or the burglar camera alarm module or othermodules in the cargo container, each kind of burglar sensors will sensethat destroying action and start the camera devices to capture thedestroyer's image at the first time. If a partial functional aredestroyed, an alarm will be still made out through redundant antennaand/or modules. The camera devices can be set up at any direction of thepilot set such as tits front, back, both sides, right upper, rightlower, left upper, left lower of the pilot set, so that the cameradevices can capture the images of the criminal suspect from differentdirections. The camera devices can be arranged in obvious or concealedmanner. The obvious camera devices will have the function to throw ascare to the criminal suspect and the concealed camera devices canprotect themselves to be destroyed. The transmission of the image databetween each camera device and the CPU module 120 can be done throughcable or wireless communication. Wireless communication can be radio orinfrared communication in order to protect the CPU module 120 and otherdevices/modules from finding out and destroying when the criminalsuspect finds out the camera device.

(a) Single (or a set of) antenna or multiple (or multiple sets of)antennas (GPS receiving antenna and/or radio receiving antenna) 1 a and1 b are set up individually in the front of the machine chamber and inthe rear of the cargo container, or other positions in obvious orconcealed manner according to the design requirements. All the antennasshould be set up at such place where in the front directions of theantennas there should be no metal shielded objections that will haveinfluence on receiving or transmitting the radio waves for communicationwith the outside. Multiple (or multiple sets of) antennas (GPS receivingantenna and/or radio receiving antenna) may be used as redundant antennato protect them from destroying.

(b) Camera devices 2 a and 2 b are set up individually in the front ofthe machine chamber and in the rear of the cargo container, acting asanti-destroying camera devices. When somebody opens the machine chambercover at the vehicle head, and/or the cargo container cover, theanti-destroying sensors will start visible light, low-light and/orinfrared, thermo-luminous infrared camera devices 2 a and 2 b to capturethe images of the person who opens the machine chamber cover and/or thecargo container cover, and send an alarm information through theredundant antenna or modules at other places. The alarm sensors near tothe antenna can take picture of the person who attempts to destroy theantenna and monitor the person when he/she is going close to theantenna.

(c) The thermo-luminous infrared temperature difference alarm sensor 4 aand/or 4 b can be set up individually at the position in the vehiclesuch as in the instrument board and/or the front panel board where thesensor can be easy to sense that somebody is entering into the vehicle.

(d) With respect of concealed camera devices 3 a, 3 b, 3 c, 3 d, 3 e and3 g etc, the visible light, low-light and/or infrared, thermo-luminousinfrared camera devices 3 b can be set up in the instrument board, thecamera device 3 a can be set on the steering wheel, the camera device 3d can be set on the back of reflection mirror for the driver use, thecamera device 3 e, 3 c and other sensors can be set on the posts A, B, Cand so on.

(e) A camera device and/or multiple camera devices of the presentinvention set at inside and outside the vehicle has/have its/theirorientation of outward vehicle and is/are used to capture the images ofthe person who attempts to steal/destroy the vehicle, for example,camera devices 3 h and 3 i can be set up in the lamp cover asanti-destroying camera device, camera devices 5 a, 5 b, 5 c, and 5 d canbe set up in the back-looking mirror covers with orientations of thefront, rear, left and right directions of the vehicle individually;camera devices 5 e, 5 f, 5 g, 5 h, 5 i, 5 j can be set up in the frontand rear vehicle windows or at the positions above or beneath the frontand rear vehicle windows with image-taking orientations of toward thehead, back and both sides individually. Camera devices 6 a and 6 b canbe set under the chassis. In general, the lens covers cover them, onlyafter the burglar and anti-robbing alarm system is started or after thealarm sensor 7 a under the chassis is triggered, the covers are thenopened to start devices 6 a and 6 b for taking pictures. Vehicle radioradar RF module and/or ultrasonic module for ultrasonic radar 7 a and 7b are set up at the front and rear of the vehicle with orientation offorward or backward individually or set up at each part outside thevehicle with same or different orientation.

(f) Camera device 3 g can also be set up under the instrument board as aanti-destroying camera device, around which there can be set upanti-destroying alarm sensor for monitoring it. Similarly, around mainmodules of the present invention's automobile safety defense and alarmsystem there can be also set up the anti-destroying camera devices andanti-destroying alarm sensors for monitoring them. The camera device canbe set up at obvious position, as shown in the figure, the position ofthe front panel board the camera device 3 f is set up. The presentinvention's automobile safety defense and alarm system can be equippedwith a camera device or multiple camera devices. Multiple camera devicescan be acted as the redundant devices to protect such condition fromhappening that one or several camera devices are destroyed and inaddition, can take pictures of the person in the vehicle from differentangles to increase the picture's clarity. The quantity of the cameradevices and their positions can be decided according to the designrequirements. Multiple antennas can either act as redundant antenna, ortake pictures of the person in the vehicle from different angles. Thequantity of the camera devices and the alarm sensors, and theirpositions and orientations can be increase, decreased or changedaccording to the design requirements. The camera devices may be equippedwith corresponding visible light and/or infrared illuminations, so as tomake-up the illumination when it is not enough. The quantity of thepresent invention's every devices/modules, their positions, types andkinds can be increase, decreased or changed according to the designrequirements.

FIG. 11 is the present invention's block diagram of radio alarmingcommunication system.

As shown in attached figure, the processing method for automobile alarmcommunication and control includes the following processing procedures:The CPU module 120 runs the face identification system program to verifywhether or not the person in the vehicle is a legal driver. If theperson in the vehicle is found to be an illegal driver, start radioalarm communication program and inspect whether or not the alarminformation is sent. After confirming, call out receipt e-mail addressand/or monitor and control network address and/or alarm telephonenumber, connect them to the remote control center, read out all thepreset data for alarming that may include: the image data andinformation taken when the burst event is happened, the image data andinformation in the automobile status recorder (black box for automobileuse) taken before the burst event is happened, and other information.Pack the image data to be transmitted according to each packing protocolfor the image transmission and then transmit packed alarm informationand packed image and voice data and other automobile status informationand preset each kind of information to a portable equipment such as amobile telephone through a radio or cable communication system, E-mail,and/or a monitor and control network station, and/or alarm telephone.After communication, complete the program running.

Packing the image data, voice data and other data and information to betransmitted according to preset communication protocol can be done bythe communication module 130, or the image taking (and/or numericalimage taking) and/or sound receiving module 110, or the CPU module 130so that the alarm data to be read out may be pre-packed and processeddata.

It is possible that firstly pack the image data, voice data and otherdata and information to be transmitted according to preset communicationprotocol, then call out receipt e-mail address and/or monitor andcontrol network address and/or alarm telephone number, connect them tothe remote control center,

If it is not necessary to pack the image data, voice data and other dataand information to be transmitted according to preset communicationprotocol, then each kind of data can be directly transmitted out.

FIG. 12 is the present invention's block diagram of automobilemonitoring system.

The principle and processing method of automobile monitoring andprocessing of the present invention's automobile safety defense andalarm system includes the following procedures: After the vehicle isunder the condition of monitoring, start the alarm detection systemprogram; Checking whether the vehicle is under the condition ofmonitoring, after confirmation, read out the data of each sensor firstlyand make a comparison to find out whether those data are correct; Ifincorrect data are found out, find out which sensor sent those incorrectdata and its position and orientation, so as to find out from whichposition and how the person goes into the vehicle; Inspecting theillumination in the vehicle, turn on the infrared/illuminating lamp ifthe illumination is lower the preset value; and starting the alarmprogram. Finally, confirm the alarm program is completed and theautomobile monitoring system program is finished or the vehiclecontinues to be under the condition of monitoring.

FIG. 13 is the present invention's block diagram of photographing andimage transmitting system.

The processing method of photographing and image transmitting of thepresent invention's automobile safety defense and alarm system includesthe following procedures: When the automobile monitoring system programconfirms somebody has entered into the vehicle according to the unusualdata from each sensor, start the photographing and image transmittingprogram; Firstly, turn on the power supplies for each camera devicemodule, start CMOS camera device (or CCD camera device or other type ofcamera devices), and adjust the status setting model of those cameradevices, such as data input model, camera light ring and sensitivitysetting, and sound-receiving sensitivity setting and other parameters;Then take picture/image and receive the voice signal, and output imageand voice signals; Finally, according to the preset requirements, carryout the photographing and image transmitting program again.

FIG. 14 is the present invention's block diagram of automobile redundantmonitoring system.

The present invention's anti-destroying and anti-interference systemincludes: (1) the processing method for redundant monitoring to theredundant devices and/or redundant functional modules and the automobileburglar alarm. (2) the processing method for monitoring of redundantcommunication system, anti-interference communication system andanti-destroying communication detection system.

The processing method for redundant monitoring to automobile burglaralarm includes the following procedures: Running the redundantmonitoring system program; firstly, test the performance of eachfunctional device and each functional module; If it is found out that afunctional device and a functional module is damaged, separate it andstart preset replaced device/module instead of it and at the same time,start the alarm system program to take picture, make face identificationand send alarm signal.

FIG. 15 is the present invention's block diagram of automobileanti-interference communication monitoring system.

The principle and processing method of a kind of automobileanti-interference communication system includes the following steps:Using radio communication module, pickup and CPU module and the CPU forvehicle alarm start the automobile anti-interference communicationdetection system program to check the communication information forinterference; In the case that the communication is disturbed, statingthe automobile anti-interference communication system program to makecommunication without interference with the remote monitor and controlcenter; After that, starting the alarm system program to send alarmsignal and/or starting the alarm and vehicle-locking program to lock thevehicle, stop the generator, make acoustic-optic alarm, capture andstore the image data of the criminal suspect and so on. If the remotemonitor and control center finds out the communication is disturbedseriously, immediately start the alarm system program and find out theinterference source and confirm whether it is a man-made interference,otherwise, inform the monitor workers that the communication has beendisturbed seriously and take steps to find out the vehicle.

FIG. 16 is the present invention's automobile monitoring program blockdiagram of the identification of a driver with facemask or faceornaments by means of camera devices.

The setting and processing method for the face identification system,which consists of visible light, low-light and/or infrared,thermo-luminous infrared camera devices and/or numerical code cameradevices that take the pictures inside and outside the vehicle and theface identification system software with the functions to identifywhether or not the driver and other peoples have face masks or faceornaments, and whether or not their faces are directed at the camera,includes:

(1) Visible light, low-light and/or infrared, thermo-luminous infraredcamera devices and photograph devices and/or numerical code cameradevices.

(2) A monitor processing method to verify whether or not the driverwears face masks or face ornaments. That monitor method includes“Facemask identification system program”, and/or “Facial characteristicsand/or biological characteristics identification system program” and/or“Facial ornaments identification system program”.

(3) In order to increase the identification precision, a “Face tiltidentification subprogram” is added.

This method can be used not only to verify whether or not the driverwears face masks or face ornaments that will have influence onidentification of the face, but also to test each kind of materials,equipment and/or objects, animals or plants, for example, use thismethod for fingerprint identification to avoid that somebody may useman-made fingerprint model to deceive fingerprint tester. This methodcan be used for each kind of the objects testing.

According to the design requirements, this system can use all the cameradevices and all the subprograms as a new application system, or usepartial camera devices and partial subprograms as a new applicationsystem, for example, using visible light, low-light and/or infrared,thermo-luminous infrared camera devices and/or numerical code cameradevices and “Facemask identification system subprogram”, “Facialcharacteristics and biological characteristics identification systemsubprogram” and “Facial ornaments identification system subprogram” and“Facial unusual expression identification system subprogram” to form anew application system on facial characteristics.

The factors that will have influence on face identification include: (1)The obstructer wearing on the face; (2) The face is tilt; (3) Facialunusual expression. The obstructer may be glasses, breathing mask, orscarf and so on.

The principle and processing method of “Facemask identificationsubprogram”

1) There are 3 kinds of method to confirm whether or not the driver andother peoples have face masks:

(A) The person wears a facemask that can transmit the visible light andinfrared or the person doesn't wear facemask. In that case, visiblelight, low-light camera devices and infrared, thermo-luminous infraredcamera devices (and thermo-luminous infrared sensing and monitoringdevices) can take same real face images of that person.

(B) The person wears a facemask that can transmit infrared but thevisible light. Therefore, the visible light camera devices may take onlythe images of the facemask, and the infrared, thermo-luminous infraredcamera devices (and thermo-luminous infrared sensing and monitoringdevices) can take the real face images of that person. The facecharacteristics taken by three kinds of camera devices are not the same.

(C) The person wears a facemask that can't transmit both of visiblelight and infrared. Therefore, visible light, low-light camera devicesand infrared, thermo-luminous infrared camera devices (andthermo-luminous infrared sensing and monitoring devices) may take onlythe images of the facemask but the person. The face characteristicstaken by three kinds of camera devices are not the same.

At that time, run the “Face characteristics identification andcomparison system program” and “Facemask identification and monitoringsystem program” to differentiate whether or not the person wears afacemask and which kind it is.

2) The basic principle of “Facial ornaments identification systemsubprogram” is: With the facial ornaments, glasses, breathing mask, orscarf and so on, the above-mentioned three photographing situation maybe happened. At that time, the “Facial ornaments identification systemsubprogram” should be run to confirm whether or not the driver wearsfacial ornaments and provide a prompt to the driver, asking him/her toremove out his/her ornaments, retake his/her face image for re-carryingout the “Facial ornaments identification system subprogram”. In the caseafter the voice prompt is provided, the criminal suspect escapes fromthe scene of crime, it is unable to take his/her images. At that time,we can wait a moment, then run a preset treatment measures, for example,sending out his/her images taken before or reporting to the police andso on.

The processing procedures of “Facial ornaments identification systemsubprogram” include: the following processing processes: camera device(and/or digital camera devices) and/or sound-receiving module 110 willprocess the image signals and/or voice signals taken by camera lens 111and sensitive elements individually and make a signal processing to thevideo frequency and audio frequency output signals. After signalprocessing, the processed signals will be as output analog or digitalsignals and through an output interface output to the CPU module 120 andthen CPU 121 will run a monitoring processing program to confirm whetheror not the driver wears facial ornaments by means of the imageidentification system program.

During a vehicle is running, the driver may be in a situation among thefollowing situations:

a. The driver doesn't wear facemask, facial ornaments;

b. The driver wears facial ornaments, such as glasses, breathing mask,or scarf and so on;

c. The driver doesn't wear facemask that can transmit infrared;

d. The driver doesn't wear facemask that can transmit partial infrared;

e. The driver doesn't wear facemask that can't transmit infrared;

For the treatment procedures please refer to the flow chart FIG. 16. Theoverall processing procedure is:

First of all, acquire the visible light and/or infrared images taken bythe visible light, low-light and/or infrared camera devices and thethermo-luminous infrared images taken by the thermo-luminous infraredcamera devices individually and then make a face identificationprocessing to the face images data in those two kinds of image dataindividually, and finally compare those two kinds of image data in theface characteristics each other and differentiate among them each other.As shown in FIG. 16, steps 1-3 adjust whether or not the driver wearsfacemask, and step 4 adjusts whether or not the driver wears faceornaments.

Step1: (a) With the visible light and/or infrared images taken by thevisible light, low-light and/or infrared camera devices and thethermo-luminous infrared images taken by the thermo-luminous infraredcamera devices, through a face identification processing to the faceimages data in those two kinds of image data made by the facecharacteristics identification system program individually, confirm thatthose images are the ones of the same person. In addition, thethermo-luminous infrared camera devices and/or the thermo-luminouselectrical infrared sensing monitors sense normal infrared radiationfrom the face skin, which indicates the situation of (a) or (b).

(b) In the situation (a), compare with the face image characteristics oflegal driver in the biological identification characteristics databank.If the person in the vehicle is a legal driver, enter into thesequential program. If the person in the vehicle is an illegal driver,then run “Facial ornaments identification system subprogram”, “Face tiltidentification system subprogram”, and “Facial unusual expressionidentification system subprogram”. If the person is still an illegaldriver, then make a alarming.

Step 2. (a) With the visible light and/or infrared images taken by thevisible light, low-light and/or infrared camera devices and thethermo-luminous infrared images taken by the thermo-luminous infraredcamera devices, through a face identification processing to the faceimages data in those two kinds of image data made by the facecharacteristics identification system program individually, confirm thatthose images are not the ones of the same person. In addition, thethermo-luminous infrared camera devices and/or the thermo-luminouselectrical infrared sensing monitors sense normal infrared radiationfrom the face skin, which indicates the situation of (b) or (c). In thecase of situation (c), It is possible to measure the temperature of faceskin through the infrared intensity, which can measure the infraredpenetrability to the facemask. Run the “Facemask identification andmonitoring system program” to inspect whether or not the driver wearsfacemask. If the person wears the facemask, then send an alarm.

(b) In the situation (c), firstly, compare with the face imagecharacteristics of legal driver in the biological identificationcharacteristics databank. If the person in the vehicle is an illegaldriver, then run “Facial ornaments identification system subprogram”,“Face tilt identification system subprogram”, and “Facial unusualexpression identification system subprogram” to correct those mistakes.If the person is still an illegal driver, then make a alarming.

Step 3. On the one hand, the visible light and/or infrared images takenby the visible light, low-light and/or infrared camera devices indicatethat those images are the ones of the same person, and on the otherhand, the thermo-luminous infrared camera devices and/or thethermo-luminous electrical infrared sensing monitors are unable to sensenormal infrared radiation from the face skin or are able to measure veryweak infrared radiation from the face skin, which indicates thesituation of (d) or (e); then send an alarm or run “Facial ornamentsidentification system subprogram”, “Face tilt identification systemsubprogram”, and “Facial unusual expression identification systemsubprogram” to correct those mistakes. If the person is still an illegaldriver, then make a alarming.

Step 4. (a) With the visible light and/or infrared images taken by thevisible light, low-light and/or infrared camera devices and thethermo-luminous infrared images taken by the thermo-luminous infraredcamera devices, through a face identification processing to the faceimages data in those two kinds of image data made by the facecharacteristics identification system program individually, confirm thatthose images are the ones of the same person. In addition, thethermo-luminous infrared camera devices and/or the thermo-luminouselectrical infrared sensing monitors can sense normal infrared radiationfrom the face skin, which indicates the situation of (a). When comparingwith the face image characteristics of legal driver in the biologicalidentification characteristics databank, if it is impossible to confirmwhether or not the person in the vehicle is an legal driver (or thesystem program of comparing with the face image characteristics of legaldriver in the biological identification characteristics databank is notcarried out), then run “Facial ornaments identification systemsubprogram”, “Face tilt identification system subprogram”, and “Facialunusual expression identification system subprogram”. If the person isfound out that he/she wears facial ornaments or his/her face isn'tdirected at the camera, then provide a prompt to the driver, askinghim/her to remove out his/her ornaments, or correct his/her facialunusual expression or his/her face being directed at the camera, retakehis/her face image for re-carrying out face identification and remakinga comparison. If the driver is found out as a legal one, then ask thediver to wear his/her ornaments on, retake his/her face image data andstore them (or the face characteristics data of the driver with thefacemask, facial ornaments or tiled face taken before) in the biologicalcharacteristics databank of legal drivers as that driver's new facecharacteristics data. If the driver is found out as an illegal driver,make an alarm processing.

It is possible to carry out above-mentioned overall processingprocedure, or to carry out a partial processing procedure, or to changethe flow sequence according to the design requirements. For example, theprocess (b) comparing with the face image characteristics of legaldriver in the biological identification characteristics databank in notcarried out, and directly run other program to judge whether or not theperson wears facemask or ornaments such as sunglasses etc, ask him/herto remove out his/her facemask or ornaments, so as to take his/her realimages.

After carrying out “Facemask identification system subprogram”, in thecase the criminal suspect wears facemask, then carry out “Facialornaments identification system subprogram” to inspect which type andwhich model of the facemask the criminal suspect wears.

That “Facemask and facial ornaments identification system subprogram bycamera devices” can be also used in each kind of monitor systems withdifferent functions; for example, it can be used in the monitor systemin the ATM machine for the bank use. If the person who wants to drawmoney from the ATM machine wears a facemask or ornaments, the ATMmachine will give a prompt to the person to remove his/her facemask orornaments. If the person keeps wearing his/her facemask or ornaments,then the ATM machine will refuse to pay him/her. If carrying out overallflow procedure, ATM machine can test the face of the person who wants todraw money from the ATM machine, so as to increase a safeguard.

This processing method also can be used in any places where there areneeded that method such as bank, building, office, warehouse, home etc,and/or each kind of vehicles, ships, air planes and so on for safety,monitoring and alarming, and face identification burglar lock and so on.In addition, this processing method can be used as a safety alarm forinstrument, equipment or other valuables, used for test each materialsand for each biological identification, such as face identificationtechnique, iris identification, retina identification, fingerprintidentification, voice recognition, identification of the shape of amouth, and handwriting identification, etc.

FIG. 17 is the present invention's monitoring program block diagram ofautomobile status recorder (Auto Black Box).

An automobile status recorder (Black Box for Automobile Use) can recordthe images and data information inside and outside the automobilecaptured by the camera devices before a burst event (such as anautomobile accident, an attack of the criminal suspect to the driver) ishappened and/or when the burst event is being happened and/or after theburst event has happened. Using memory and recorder equipment, such asmemory card 3 FLASH ROM) 123 c etc, record the data picked up. While aburst event is occurring, a radio communication automobile statusrecorder that will transmit those data through a radio communicationsystem becomes as an automobile status recorder (Auto Black Box), orcalled as “Before, when and after occurrence of a burst event automobilestatus recorder”, including the following contents:

(1) The recording before the burst event is occurred. Using the memoryheadspace in the mobile memory card 3 (FLASH ROM) 123 c in the CPUmodule of the present invention's automobile safety defense and alarmsystem, cyclically record the images data captured by the camera devicesthat are mounted inside or outside the vehicle and the voice datareceived by the sound sensors that are mounted inside or outside thevehicle in a certain period, such as the images of road and trafficconditions captured by the camera devices and/or the images in thevehicle, GPS information, communication contents of the communicationmodule 130, each kind of automobile status information data collected byalarm sensor and each sensor for vehicle-locking module, such as speed,rotation of the engine, oil quantity, the safety belt is tied or thealarm lamp is on? While a burst event is occurring, stop recording andrecord the recorded data in the “Before occurrence of a burst eventautomobile status recorder”.

(2) The recording when and after the burst event is occurred/has beenoccurred. Using the memory headspace in the mobile memory card 3 (FLASHROM) 123 c in the CPU module of the present invention's automobilesafety defense and alarm system, record the images data captured by thecamera devices that are mounted inside or outside the vehicle when andafter the burst event is occurred/has been occurred and the voice datareceived by the sound sensors that are mounted inside or outside thevehicle when and after the burst event is occurred/has been occurred,such as the images of road and traffic conditions captured by the cameradevices and/or the images in the vehicle, GPS information, communicationcontents of the communication module 130, each kind of automobile statusinformation data collected by alarm sensor and each sensor forvehicle-locking module and record the recorded data in the “When andafter an occurrence of a burst event automobile status recorder”.

(3) According to the calculation requirements or preset condition, suchas which kind of the burst event and so on, using the radio system tosend the data in “Before, when and after occurrence of a burst eventautomobile status recorder” to the monitor and control center. After theburst event was occurred, call out those data from the monitor andcontrol center and compare them with the data in the automobile statusrecorder (Auto Black Box) to analyze the reasons that the burst eventwas resulted.

The application of “Before occurrence of a burst event automobile statusrecorder” (Auto Black Box) of the present invention includes the methodsof recording, monitoring and processing the data in the camera device(and/or digital camera) and/or sound-receiving module 110, communicationmodule 130, CPU module 120, alarm sensor and vehicle-locking module 140and GPS positioning module 160 and the data in the vehicle wirelessradar RF module and/or ultrasonic radar module as well as the data onvehicle running and road status and so on.

The processing procedure is as follows:

(a) After starting the system, firstly, carry out system initializationto check the operation status of each part and confirm the time lengthand interval for monitoring record, and cancel expired data and waitinterrupting of the monitor.

(b) During the period of monitoring, firstly, inspect whether there areexpired data in the time memory and cancel them. (b1) Acquire image datacaptured by internal and external monitor cameras; (b2) Acquire theoperation data of the driver; (b3) Acquire the monitored data receivedby each sensor, such as Volkswagenwerk Aldi (

) computer test system (vts2002) can test all the data of all electroniccontrol system mounted in present Volkswagenwerk Aldi (

) series automobiles; (b4) Acquire the monitored data to monitor thedata from GPS positioning system and other data.

(c) Process acquired data, for example (1) Noise suppression; (2) Dataerror test (3) Data packing and other data processing.

(d) Store the data in the memory chip, ending the interrupt processing.It is possible to send the data to the monitor and control centerthrough radio communication system or to file them for treatment. FIG.19 is the present invention's block diagram of monitoring and alarmingsystem when a burst event to a vehicle is happened. FIG. 22 is thepresent invention's monitoring program block diagram of a radiocommunication automobile status recorder (auto black box) when and aftera burst event is happened. They jointly form a radio communicationautomobile status recorder on the burst events, which may record eachkind of the data inside and outside the vehicle and other data before aburst event is happened and when the burst event is being happened andafter the burst event has happened.

(e) Store the data in the memory chip, ending the interrupt processing.It is possible to send the data to the monitor and control centerthrough radio communication system or to file them for treatment.

FIG. 18 is the present invention's block diagram of chassisanti-destroying and monitoring system by means of camera devices.

The monitoring and processing method of the present invention on usingcamera devices to prevent the chassis part from destroying includes thefollowing processing procedures:

Camera device 6 a and/or 6 b can be set under the chassis. In general,the lens covers cover them, only after the burglar and anti-robbingalarm system is started or after the alarm sensor 7 a under the chassisis triggered, the covers are then opened to start devices 6 a and 6 bfor taking pictures. Vehicle radio radar RF module and/or ultrasonicmodule for ultrasonic radar 7 a and/7 b 7 b are set up at the front andrear of the vehicle with orientation of forward or backward individuallyor set up at each part outside the vehicle with same or differentorientation. At the same time, run the anti-destroying and monitoringsystem program for alarming.

FIG. 19 is the present invention's block diagram of monitoring andalarming system when a burst event to a vehicle is happened.

The principle and processing method of the present invention onmonitoring and alarming system when a burst event to a vehicle isoccurred includes the following processing procedures:

(1) Starting; (2) Read out the information data from each alarm sensor;(3) Compare and find out any unusual data; (4) Recheck each item ofinformation data. Some data may be changed greatly if a burst event isoccurred. (5) Find out the position of the sensor that outputs unusualdata; (6) Inspect the damages in the vehicle; (7) Interrupt storing thedata in the “Before occurrence of a burst event automobile statusrecorder” (Auto Black Box), and keep data record integrity; (8) Startstoring and recording the data in the “When and after occurrence of aburst event automobile status recorder” (Auto Black Box), and keep datarecord integrity; (9) According to a preset requirement, output the datastored in the automobile status recorder (Auto Black Box) acquiredbefore, when and after a burst event is/has been occurred through radiocommunication method; (10) Finished? (11) End.

FIG. 20 is the present invention's block diagram of anti-interferenceradio communication alarming system for vehicle stopping.

The anti-interference radio communication alarming system includes aradio communication system, an anti-interference radio communicationmonitoring system and an anti-interference radio communication alarmingsystem for vehicle stopping and running. Its principle and processingmethod is:

When a vehicle is in the stopping and alarming status, in the case thecriminal suspect uses a radio communication interference device tointerfere the radio communication, at that time, start theanti-interference radio communication alarming system program, whichincludes the following processing procedures:

(1) Starting; (2) Inspect whether the vehicle is in the stopping andalarming status; (3) Read out and identify the numerical secret codesfor entering the Network, such as ID number, shake hand signal data andso on; (4) Test the read-out data; (5) Re-test the read-outcommunication data if some unusual data are found out; (6) Re-read andidentify the numerical secret codes for entering the Network; (7) Ifthat item of data is unusual, enter into alarming status; (8) Start thevehicle locking alarm status and start radio communication interferencesignal identification system to adjust whether it is a man-madeinterference. If it is a man-made interference, find out its frequency,signal wave, direction and strength; (9) Start the anti-interferenceradio communication system to make anti-interference radiocommunication, for example, changing communication frequency, startingother radio communication system such as USA Pacific Crest Corporation'shigh-rate data transmission radio station EDL, satellite communicationsystem or other communication method mentioned above; (10) Carry outalarm communication; (11) End.

According to the design requirements, select overall or severalprocessing steps and equip with the equipment corresponding to them.

FIG. 21 is the present invention's block diagram of anti-interferenceradio communication alarming system for vehicle running.

When a vehicle is in the running and alarming status, in the case thecriminal suspect uses a radio communication interference device tointerfere the radio communication, at that time, start theanti-interference radio communication alarming system program, whichincludes the following processing procedures:

(1) Starting; (2) Read out and identify the numerical secret codes forentering the Network, such as ID number, shake hand signal and so on;(3) Test the read-out data; (4) Re-test the read-out communication dataif some unusual data are found out; If they are unusual data, then testthe data read out before; (5) Is the radio signal is weakening graduallyor is the background noise increased greatly? (6) If it is found outthat the radio signal is not weakened gradually or the background noiseis increased greatly, then we can consider it is a man-madeinterference, start the radio communication interference identificationsystem; (7) After confirming it is a man-made interference, then enterinto alarming status, and start the anti-interference radiocommunication system, and find out its frequency, signal wave, directionand strength; (8) Start the anti-interference radio communication systemto make an anti-interference radio communication, for example, changingcommunication frequency, starting other radio communication system suchas USA Pacific Crest Corporation's high-rate data transmission radiostation EDL, satellite communication system or other communicationmethod mentioned above; or wait till the communication signal is normal;(9) Transmit alarming information; (10) Start the vehicle lockingburglar alarm system.

According to the design requirements, select overall or severalprocessing steps and equip with the equipment corresponding to them.

FIG. 22 is the present invention's monitoring program block diagram of aradio communication automobile status recorder (auto black box) when andafter a burst event is has been occurred.

Using the memory headspace in the mobile memory card 3 (FLASH ROM) inthe CPU module of the present invention's automobile safety defense andalarm system or a separate memory card, record the images data capturedby the camera devices that are mounted inside or outside the vehicle andthe voice data received by the sound sensors that are mounted inside oroutside the vehicle in a certain period, such as the images of road andtraffic conditions captured by the camera devices and/or the images inthe vehicle, GPS information, communication contents of thecommunication module 130, each kind of automobile status informationdata collected by alarm sensor and each sensor for vehicle-lockingmodule, such as speed, rotation of the engine, oil quantity, the safetybelt is tied or the alarm lamp is on? While a burst event is occurring,using the radio system to send the data in the “Burst event automobilestatus recorder” (Auto Black Box) to the monitor and control center.After a burst event was occurred, call out those data from the monitorand control center and compare them with the data in the automobilestatus recorder (Auto Black Box) to analyze the reasons that the burstevent was resulted.

The application of “Burst event automobile status recorder” (Auto BlackBox) of the present invention includes the methods of recording,monitoring and processing the data in the camera device (and/or digitalcamera) and/or sound-receiving module 110, communication module 130, CPUmodule 120, alarm sensor and vehicle-locking module 140 and GPSpositioning module 160 and the data in the vehicle wireless radar RFmodule and/or ultrasonic radar module as well as the data on vehiclerunning and road status and so on.

The processing procedure is as follows:

(a) After starting the system, firstly, carry out system initializationto check the operation status of each part.

(b) During the period of monitoring, firstly, inspect whether there areany data in the memory headspace and cancel them.

(c) Acquiring data. (1) Acquire image data captured by internal andexternal monitor cameras; (2) Acquire the operation data of the driver;(3) Acquire the monitored data received by each sensor, such asVolkswagenwerk Aldi(

) computer test system (vts2002) can test all the data of all electroniccontrol system mounted in present Volkswagenwerk Aldi(

) series automobiles; (4) Acquire the monitored data to monitor the datafrom GPS positioning system and other data.

(d) Process acquired data, for example (1) Noise suppression; (2) Dataerror test (3) Data packing and other data processing.

(e) Store the data in the memory chip,

(f) When receiving the command of stopping record, or when the powersupply is interrupted, or when the memory is full, then ending theinterrupt processing.

According to the design requirements, it is possible to send the datacollected before, when and after a burst event is/has been occurred tothe monitor and control center through radio communication system whenand after the burst event is/has been occurred, and to file them fortreatment by the monitor and control center.

FIG. 23 is the present invention's block diagram of <Face IdentificationSystem> to identify whether or not the driver's face is directed at thecamera.

During the time of running the “Face Identification System Program”, ifthe driver's face is not directed at the camera, the images captured bythe camera will be tilting, which could cause difficulty for faceidentification. In order to solve that problem, a “Face tiltidentification system program” is needed.

The principle and method of “Face tilt identification system program” ofthe present invention includes the following processing procedures:

(a) Starting; (b) The camera devices capture the images of the face; (c)Search after face images; (d) Make the face identification; (e) Selectposition of the reference object, such as nasal apex, or other facialorgans. (f) Calculating the distance from other reference objects suchas eye, mouth, ear, edge of the face etc, and the proportion with above,lower, right and left edges; (g) Adjust whether or not the face istilting; (h) If the face is tilting, provide a prompt for correcting;(j) If the face is not tilting, then end the program.

FIG. 24 is the present invention's block diagram of <Face IdentificationSystem> to identify whether or not the driver and other peoples havefacemask or facial ornaments.

During the time of running the “Face Identification System Program”, ifthe driver wears facial ornaments, which could cause difficulty for faceidentification. In order to solve that problem, a “Face ornamentsidentification system program” is needed. The principle and method of“Face ornaments identification system program” of the present inventionincludes the following processing procedures:

(a) Starting; (b) The camera devices capture the images of the face; (c)Search after face images; (d) Search for face ornaments or directlycarry out the “Face ornaments identification system program”; (e) Carryout the “Face ornaments identification system program”; (f) Comparebetween the captured images and each biological image of the face withfacial ornaments stored in the biological characteristics databank oflegal drivers, and confirm which kind of face ornaments it is; (g)Adjust whether or not the face ornament has influence on faceidentification; (h) If it has influence on face identification, providea prompt to remove out it from the face; (i) If it has no influence onface identification, then end the program.

FIG. 25 is the present invention's block diagram of human face and/oranimal characters identification and judgment system.

The principle and method of animal characters identification andjudgment of the present invention includes the following processingprocedures:

(a) Starting; (b) The camera devices capture the images of the animal;(c) Search after animal images; (d) Identify animal characters; (e)Compare between the identification results and the characters of eachkind of animal stored in the biological characteristics databank; (f)Identify which kind of animal it is; (g) Adjust whether or not theperson and/or that animal has a harmfulness; (h) If it has noharmfulness, then (i) Enter into the operation menu; (j) If it has aharmfulness, then (k) Quit and make an alarm.

FIG. 26 is the present invention's block diagram of facial unusualexpression identification system.

(a) Starting; (b) The camera devices capture the images of the animal;(c) Search after human face and/or animal images; (d) Identify humanface and/or animal characters; (e) Compare between the identificationresults and the characters of each kind of animal stored in thebiological characteristics databank; (f) Identify which person or whichkind of animal it is; (g) Adjust whether or not the person and/or thatanimal has a harmfulness; (h) If it has no harmfulness, then (i) Enterinto the operation menu; (j) If it has a harmfulness, then (k) Give aprompt to correct the person's face expression and make an alarm.

The principle and method of facial unusual expression identificationsystem of the present invention includes the following processingprocedures:

(a) Starting; (b) The camera devices capture the images of the face; (c)Search after face images; (d) Make the face identification; (e) Comparebetween the identification results and the characters of each kind offacial unusual expression stored in the biological characteristicsdatabank; (f) Identify which kind of facial expression it is; (g) Adjustwhether or not that kind of facial expression has an influence on faceidentification; (h) If it has no negative influence on the faceidentification, then (i) Enter into the operation menu; (j) If it hasinfluence on face identification, then (k) Provide a prompt to ask theperson to correct his/her facial expression.

The sensors in the present invention include sensing device, sensor,inductor, effecter, and so on. They can be used in any places wherethere are needed that safety defense and alarm system or they can givefull play to their functions, such as bank, building, office, warehouse,home etc as well as each kind of vehicles, ships, air planes and so onfor safety, monitoring and alarming. In addition, they can be used as asafety alarm for instrument, equipment or other valuables. Using theface identification to confirm whether or not the person in a vehicle ora room is a criminal suspect, or a robber or an animal or an intruderwithout destructiveness and so on. If it is a criminal suspect, or arobber, an alarm will be sent out. If it is an animal, then using theface identification system program to find out the face image of thatanimal and its face characteristics like finding out the face image andface characteristics. Compare the animal's characteristics with thecharacters of each kind of animal stored in the biologicalcharacteristics databank. After that comparison, if it is found out thatit is an intruder without destructiveness or a legal person, then noalarm will be sent out. If it is a criminal suspect, or a robber or asabotage, an alarm information will be sent out to a near or remotemonitoring center through wireless or wire (such as VF cable,twisted-pair feeder, network connection cable etc) communication systemfor alarming. This manual of the present invention is a structureexplanation of an automobile safety defense and alarm system. If theautomobile safety defense and alarm system of the present invention isused in other places than a vehicle, their principles are the same.According to the design requirements, it is possible to change thehardware and/or software, increase and/or reduce the functional modules,and change the installation position of each device. All the changes cannot be regarded as being out of the conception of the present inventionor being out of the scope limited in our claim attached.

Each kind of modules and each device and element of the presentinvention as well as each kind of functions can be increased ordecreased according to the design requirements. The circuit diagram andprogram flow diagram in each attached drawing can be modified accordingto the design requirements and different elements used.

The foregoing detailed description is given for clearness ofunderstanding only and no unnecessary limitation should be understoodthereof, as modifications to the automobile safety defense and alarmsystem with face identification and radio communication functions of thepresent invention will be obvious to those skilled in the art.

1-32. (canceled)
 33. An automobile alarm system comprising an alarmingand monitoring sensor, a communication module, a pickup, a CPU module,and one or more camera devices, and/or one or more numerical code cameradevices, characterized in that the CPU module receives images capturedwith the camera device, and/or the numerical code camera devices andthat the CPU module runs a face identification system which includes afacial characteristics and/or biological characteristics identificationprogram and a biological characteristics identification database. 34.The automobile alarm system defined in claim 33, wherein said cameradevices and/or numerical code camera devices are selected from the groupconsisting of visible light, low-light camera devices and/or numericalcode camera devices, infrared camera devices and/or numerical codecamera devices, thermo-luminous infrared camera devices and/or numericalcode camera devices, and thermo-luminous electrical infrared cameradevices and/or numerical code camera devices, and said facialcharacteristics identification program includes a facemaskidentification subprogram, a facial ornaments identification subprogram,a face tilt identification subprogram, and a facial unusual expressionidentification subprogram.
 35. The automobile alarm system defined inclaim 33, wherein said automobile alarm system includes a device topromptly ask the person to be identified to take corresponding actionand to retake his/her images for face identification when the CPU moduleruns the facial characteristics identification program.
 36. Theautomobile alarm system defined in claim 33, wherein said automobilealarm system includes a head up display and camera devices with forwardand backward and sideward directions inside and outside a vehicle, saidhead up display selectively displays the images captured with visiblelight, low-light camera devices and/or numerical code camera devices,infrared camera devices and/or numerical code camera devices,thermo-luminous infrared camera devices and/or numerical code cameradevices, forming a night viewing, side/back viewing head up displaysystem.
 37. The automobile alarm system defined in claim 33, whereinsaid automobile alarm system further comprises a redundant device and/ora redundant functional module, an automobile redundant monitoringsystem, and/or an anti-destroying detecting system.
 38. The automobilealarm system defined in claim 33, wherein said automobile alarm systemincludes monitoring sensors, camera devices and/or numerical code cameradevices set up under the chassis, and a automobile burglar alarm programrun by the CPU module.
 39. The automobile alarm system defined in claim33, wherein said automobile alarm system comprises an automobile statusrecorder (auto black box) for burst events recording the images and datainformation captured by the camera devices or the monitoring sensorsbefore, when and after the burst event occurs, which will be read outfor analysis after the burst event occurs or transmitted to a controlcenter by the radio communication system for filing or making otherprocessing.
 40. The automobile alarm system defined in claim 33, whereinsaid automobile alarm system includes an iris identification system,and/or a retina identification system, and/or a voice recognition,and/or a handwriting identification.
 41. A burglar alarming method foran automobile vehicle comprising: verifying the location where a personattempts to enter the vehicle by taking an image of the person; sendingthe image to a CPU module; verifying whether or not the person is alegal driver of the vehicle by using a facial identification program anda specially designated facial characteristics database; if the person isfound as an illegal driver, starting an alarm and communication programto collect the data on face image of the person who has entered thevehicle and/or the images and information in the vehicle captured by acamera device, after packing or non-packing the image data according toeach packing protocol for the image transmission, and then transmittingthose images and voice data or packed image and voice data and otherautomobile status information and preset each kind of information to apreset remote monitor and control center for alarming; starting aburglar and anti-robbing control system program and implementing thecommands sent from the vehicle and/or preset burglar and anti-robbingmeasures to carry out vehicle burglar and anti-robbing control.
 42. Afacial identification method for detecting whether or not a person wearsa mask comprising: providing a visible light, low-light camera ordigital camera device, an infrared camera or digital camera device, anda thermo-luminous infrared camera or digital camera device; taking animage of the person to be identified with the visible light, low-lightcamera or digital camera device, the infrared camera or digital cameradevice, and the thermo-luminous infrared camera or digital cameradevice, respectively; comparing the images of the person taken with thevisible light, low-light camera or digital camera device, the infraredcamera or digital camera device, and the thermo-luminous infrared cameraor digital camera device, so as to determine whether the person wears amask that transmits infrared light, but not visible light, or thattransmits neither infrared light nor visible light.
 43. The automobilealarm system defined in claim 33, wherein said automobile alarm systemcomprises an anti-interference radio communication alarming system, ananti-interference radio communication system, and an anti-interferenceradio communication monitoring system.
 44. The automobile alarm systemdefined in claim 34, wherein the CPU module performs the followingprocessing procedures: (a) starting; (b) the camera device capturing theimages of the face; (c) searching after face images; (d) making the faceidentification; (e) selecting position of the reference object, such asnasal apex, or other facial organs. (f) calculating the distance fromother reference objects such as eye, mouth, ear, edge of the face etc,and the proportion with above, lower, right and left edges; (g)adjusting whether or not the face is tilting; (h) if the face istilting, providing a prompt for correcting; (j) if the face is nottilting, then end the program.
 45. The automobile alarm system definedin claim 33, wherein said automobile alarm system can be connected to anetwork for its application through radio communication, cablecommunication, or a remote network monitor system having a facialidentification function.
 46. The combination defined in claim 33,wherein said automobile alarm system includes a network monitor programhaving a facial characteristics identification program, and/or a monitorprogram for making facial identification of the person who wearsfacemask or facial ornaments.